After her mother died, a colleague found a letter tucked away in her mother’s jewelry box. Here’s her discovery: I found a letter two weeks after
Teaching a Child How to Ride a Bicycle
Excerpt for my book submitted for publication entitled: The Launch Code: Loving and Letting Go of Our Adult Children It occurred to me the other
Parents of Young Adults: Why We Suffer
“Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ” ― Elizabeth
In the End, Love Must Win
My mother passed away on May 2nd of this year (2021) at the age of 100. This past year has been a time of letting go as both my wife's mother and my
Parents – Try Saying Goodbye to Your Young Adult with a Letter
“I am so glad I told my son how much I loved him before I let him go to live with his father.” These were the words of a mother who experienced the
Can Parents Ever Really Let Go?
A mother is helping her son with lawyer fees. The relationship with his girlfriend ended shortly after they had sex, and she did not tell him of her
4 Tips for Helping Your Young Adult Find their Purpose
Ask this question to a young adult, and you will likely get "the deer in the headlights" look! Although 87% of teens believe life has a purpose, only
Parents – Love Them Out. Don’t Kick Them Out.
It is a false dichotomy to assume that you can't usher your young adult out of the house but still love them. Love and letting go are not mutually
Parents who Wonder Where They Went Wrong with their Young Adult Need to Re-Evaluate False Assumptions
Perhaps the most repeated phrase by parents of young adults after "why do they act that way?" is "where did we go wrong?" As a young adult, I heard