When your child grows up and moves out of the house, there are a lot of mixed emotions that go along with it: joy for their new life, sadness at missing them, fear about what they will do without you.
But as the parent, you have to be able to let go and allow your grown child to make their own decisions.
They won’t always make the same ones as you would make, but they need some room to grow on their own.
Here are 40 quotes and Helpful Videos on Letting Go of Your Grown Kids
1. “My kids have been my greatest teachers – they’ve taught me more about parenting than I would ever want to know.”
– Elliot Berger, Psychology Today
2. “Letting go is not about giving up. It’s just about letting the child fly because you know they can.”
– Dr Sheri
3. “The best thing parents can do for their children is to give them roots and wings at the same time”
– Alex Haley
4. “I’m letting go of my grown child, but I’m continuing to love the adult they are becoming.”
– Unknown
5. “The hardest part about letting go is not knowing if they are ready.”
– Unknown
6. “I’m glad my parents didn’t give me all the answers because that would have stifled my curiosity and creativity. Now it’s my turn to do that for my own kids.”
– Dr Jane Goodall DBE, Phd
7. When your children grow up and leave home, parenting doesn’t end at 18 years – it continues for the rest of your life.”
– UNK
8. “The hardest part about parenting is letting go, but sometimes you have to in order to help them fly.”
– Unknown Parents Quotes
9. “Letting go of your grown child is about letting them make their own decisions, even if you disagree with those decisions.”
– Alex Weissman
10. “Just because your children leave the house doesn’t mean you’re finished parenting.”
– Unknown
11. “My kids won’t always make the same choices I would, but that’s part of parenting and growing up.”
– Unknown
12. “It’s hard sometimes watching our kids do things that we know are wrong or bad for them, but then again, maybe they need the experience so that they don’t make the same mistake again”
– Unknown Parents Quotes
13. “Your job is not to prepare your children for the future, but rather to let them create their own future.”
– George Bernard Shaw #parentingquotes
14. “No matter how old they get or where they go in life you will always be their mother and that’s something no one can take away from you ever!”
– Unknown Parents Quotes
15. Letting go of my grown child means allowing her to live without fear of judgment or punishment”
– Alex Weissman #parentingquotes
16. “I’m so glad I didn’t coddle my kids when they were growing up because now I have grown children with the ability to think for themselves”
– Unknown Parents Quotes
17. “I’m so glad that I raised my kids to be independent and strong even if it means less time with them now”
– Unknown Parents Quotes
18. “Letting go of your grown child is about letting them have the room to fail so they can learn from their mistakes.”
– UNK
19.”It’s hard letting go of our grown children but we have to do it in order for them to soar”
– Jane Greenfield #parentingquotes
20. “The hardest part about parenting is watching yourself become obsolete as they grow up but then again they will always need you to come back and fall down so that you can help them get up”
– Unknown Parents Quotes
21. “You’re not losing your child to the world, you’re just letting her go out into it.”
-Karen Salmansohn
22. “I’m letting go of my grown child but I will always be their biggest fan”
– Unknown Parents Quotes #parentingquotes
Letting go is powerful because when we let something or somebody go, we make space in our life for new things to come back into our life.”
-Lisa Brookes
23. “I just had to learn how to let go and be okay with us not being together. I love you, but if this is the type of relationship we’re going to have, then it needs to end.”
-Unknown
24. “If people walk out of your life because they don’t appreciate who you are or what you want…let them go!”
-Anonymous
25. “Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.”
-Anonymous
26. “I just realized that I am never going to be able to catch up with you and all of your accomplishments because they are so many!”
-Unknown
27. “Letting go is not a decision, it’s a feeling.”
-Celestine Chua
28. “Letting go doesn’t mean you no longer care about someone, it’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”
-Unknown
29. “I am not going to hold on to something that does not want to be held onto anymore.”
-Celestine Chua
30. “Life is a battle of letting go and holding on, but the hardest part is learning how to balance them.”
-Unk
31. “In order for one ‘new’ thing to happen in your life, there must first come an ending, so don’t cling too hard, otherwise none will come at all!”
-Unknown
32. “The art of letting go is often as difficult as the art of hanging on.”
-Anonymous
33. “I can’t make someone be with me, but I can let go of the hope that they might change their mind someday and choose to come back.”
-Unknown
34. “You know you really want to hold on to something when it hurts letting go of it.”
-Unknown
35. “You will never be able to escape your fears until you have courageously faced them once again!”
36. “Holding on makes us worry so much more than letting go.”
-Byron Katie
37. “The art of letting go is about releasing our clinging to things, people and habits that no longer serve our happiness.”
38. “When you let go of someone or something, you are giving them an opportunity to be free because if they truly belong in your life, they will find their way back again!”
-Unknown
39. “You have the choice between loving unconditionally or holding on with conditions.”
-Byron Katie
40. “Children grow up the way they are raised. If they grow up with love and encouragement, chances are that when they leave home their self-esteem will be intact.”
– Paul Sweeney