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Category: emerging adulthood
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There’s a special angst when we are too up close and personal about our grown kid’s struggles to find their footing in the adult world of work.
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Advice for dealing with grown children when we don’t like the decisions they’re making.
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If we’re at all like Canadian parents, we’re postponing retirement to earn the extra bucks to ease the financial road for our grown kids.
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The stories people tell suggest we’re the worst, most interfering parents EVER when it comes to our grown children. Does the data tell the same story?
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David Brooks helps us keep the faith in our emerging adults as they try to figure out who they are and want to be.
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Our newly independent children may find it more difficult to launch themselves into adulthood than we thought they would.
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When an adult child is seriously ill, we struggle with his need for independence and our need to guide him through key decisions.
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Detachment parenting means letting go of our ideals about how our kids “turn out”–and not harping on our disappointments if they aren’t living up to our expectations.
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If we make it too comfortable for our young adult children to live at home, they may put off moving out and on.
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Our emerging adults may treat us with disdain, but that is not necessarily who they are or how they behave with other adults.
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