Shouldn’t the Young Adult Express Love Unconditionally to the Parent as Much as the Parent Should Express this to the Young Adult? Ideally, the young
Is Less Affection The Answer?
Should parents of young adults back off emotionally and show less overt love and affection as a way to encourage the separation process? The Short
What Do You Do When Your Young Adult Wants To Move Back Home?
When your Young Adult Leaves Home, Should you Let them Come Back? My experience is that it’s best to support a one-way ticket when leaving home.
Good Cop, Bad Cop: Bad Idea
A common problem seen in family therapy is when one parent is lenient and the other parent strict. This typically starts quite young, and the child
Can A Parent Be Too Close To Their Young Adult?
A healthy closeness is not measured by the frequency of contacts between the parent and young adult. Rather it has to do with the substance of these
The Key To Balance
What is the Secret or Key to Balancing Love (Support) and Emancipation (Letting Go)? Can you imagine dancing with your young adult son or daughter
To Step In (Support) or Step Out (Let Go) in Launching your Young Adult?
Can you imagine dancing with your young adult son or daughter and they have a very different way of dancing than you? Such an effort to navigate the
Parenting Your Young Adult: When is the Right Time to Evict?
In May 26,2018 the Chicago Tribune published an editorial by John Kass describing the court ordered eviction of Michael Rotondo from his home by his
Why parentslettinggo.com Website? Aren’t There Enough Websites for Parents?
Clearly there are a lot of sites or urls on parenting- 242,000,000 as of last count. Google parents of Millennials and the urls on the Internet are