personal development growthAre you a parent who is interested in the personal development growth of your grown up children? My husband is significantly older than me. He has a grown up daughter who is in her late twenties. During the three years that my husband and I have been married, I have been encouraging my husband to take more of an interest in his daughter’s personal development growth by encouraging her to be more independent when it comes to managing her finances.
In the past my husband has been much too willing to put his hand into his pocket and help his daughter out of every financial pickle she gets into. This has not helped with his daughter’s personal development growth, nor has it done much for our bank balance.  If my husband wants his daughter to be a responsible adult who can cope with life’s hurdles without relying on others, he has to stop putting his hand into his pocket to help her out. My words may sound harsh or even make me sound greedy, but stop and think about it for a second. My husband will not be around for ever, and what will his daughter do if she hasn’t learned to look after herself by then?
So many parents hinder their children’s personal development growth by being excessively generous. Constantly bailing your kids out teaches them to squander their own cash and turn to other people for financial help when their resources run out. Refusing to help now and again may make you feel bad, but sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.