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U.S. Air Date: December 3, 2009

Help for Parents of Adult Prodigal Children (Part 2 of 2)

Allison Bottke

Author Allison Bottke offers advice from her book Setting Boundaries with Adult Children: Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents. (Part 2 of 2)

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Guest Biography

Allison Bottke is a best-selling author, a public speaker and the founder of God Allows U-Turns, an international outreach based on her book series of the same name. In addition to that series, her numerous books include Setting Boundaries with Adult Children, I Can't Do It All and the novels One Little Secret and A Stitch in Time. Allison and her husband, Kevin, reside in Texas and have four children.

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