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		<title>Unsure About College? Should They Go Anyway?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is going to college without a clear career direction or any goal beyond just graduating worth the cost? How parents can help teenagers identify their strengths, values and interests, assess themselves functionally, and then decide whether going directly to college is the right move.]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2010/02/09/if-theyre-not-sure-about-college-should-they-go-anyway/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Transition Fever&#8221; Peaks in Winter for  Parents and Teens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parenting college-bound teenagers from senior year on while dealing with changes in marital, personal and family life. ]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2010/01/07/transition-fever-peaks-in-winter-for-parents-and-college-bound-teens/</link>
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		<title>Anxiety Dreams &#8211; The  Bag Lady Nightmare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how you know you&#8217;ve become a woman of a certain age: The anxiety dream that wakes you up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night isn&#8217;t the one about oversleeping your SAT&#8217;s, it&#8217;s the one about being a bag lady.
In my version, I&#8217;m trying to sneak a shopping cart full of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/29/anxiety-dreams-the-bag-lady-nightmare/</link>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Make Your Adult Children Happy, So Stop Trying!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Postparenting adult children who feel "entitled."]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/29/you-cant-make-your-adult-children-happy-so-stop-trying/</link>
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		<title>How to Know If Your Family Business Is Ruining Your Family&#8217;s Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick quiz to help you determine if your family business is  having a negative impact on relationships in your family.
FAMILY BUSINESS WORK/LIFE BOUNDARY QUIZ
1=never    2=sometimes    3=often   4=always
My personal and business friends are the same people.     ________
When I leave work, I don’t think about it – when I’m
off duty, I’m really off.        [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/18/how-to-know-if-your-family-business-is-ruining-your-familys-life/</link>
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		<title>When Does Postparenthood Start?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Post-Parenthood starts when your kids are old enough to vote and lasts as long as you do.  It’s the final evolution of your role as a parent, and it requires what may be the most difficult task of all: acknowledging that they are adults, with the right to lead their own lives, make their own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/18/when-does-postparenthood-start/</link>
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		<title>Bonus Babies/Boomer Grandparents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
We&#8217;re young and strong enough to be a real influence on our grandchildren&#8217;s lives and help our kids with the most difficult job of theirs. But we cause more harm than good when we take over their role as parents &#8211; this infantilizes them, compromises their independence, and undermines their self-confidence. If you&#8217;re having [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/18/193/</link>
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		<title>Ask The Postparent Coach</title>
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They&#8217;re Ba..a..ck!
 These days many grown kids are coming back to the nest or finding it hard to leave. They may have failed in their initial attempts at independence or fear striking out on their own. With mutual agreement on the terms and conditions for living together and mutual respect for each other&#8217;s opinions, standards [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/18/ask-the-postparent-coach/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t My Grown Sibs Be Friends?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We want our kids to love and support one another, but shared family history may not be enough to keep them together, especially if their lives, priorities and values are dissimilar. Often sibling rivalry that lasts into adulthood gets in the way of real connection. While our immediate impulse may be to make peace among [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/04/20/why-cant-my-grown-kids-be-friends/</link>
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		<title>Boundary Basics in the Family Business</title>
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What Are Boundaries?
Mental structures that separate the parts of our minds from each other and also distinguish our minds from other people’s minds.
Psychologically as well as physically, they are where I end and you begin. Interpersonal boundaries – the ones between people – are the building blocks of all human relationships. They expand, change and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/04/20/169/</link>
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