Senior Advisor

Parenting Adult Children: A Bridge-Builder’s Guide to Trading Control for Influence

By: Per Burmeister

Narrated by: Patrick Kelly Shannon

A reflective guide for parents of adult children

Parenting doesn’t end when children grow up.

But the role changes, often without explanation.

Many parents of adult children sense a quiet shift: conversations feel more fragile, advice lands differently, and good intentions sometimes create distance instead of closeness.

Senior Advisor offers a calm, thoughtful reframing of this stage of parenting.

Rather than focusing on strategies or solutions, this audiobook introduces the idea of the Senior Advisor: a role defined by steadiness, presence, and influence without control. It explores how connection is preserved when responsibility belongs to someone else, and how restraint, boundaries, and permission protect relationships rather than weaken them.

This is not a book about fixing your adult children.

And it is not a book about stepping away from the relationship.

It is an orientation, a way of understanding how to remain trusted, relevant, and grounded as the relationship evolves.

Written with clarity and respect, Senior Advisor is designed to be listened to slowly. At just 8,000 words, it offers a focused, reflective guide rather than a comprehensive manual.

This audiobook does not promise outcomes.

It offers something more durable: a way to stand in the relationship with dignity, calm, and care over time.

Senior Advisor is the first title in the Bridge-Builder Guide Series.

©2026 Per Burmeister (P)2026 Per Burmeister