Are you embarrassed or uncomfortable admitting to friends and extended family members that you have a twenty-something-year-old living in your
What Can Parents Do to Prevent Violent Actions by Young Adult Children?
The recent assassination of Charlie Kirk comes on the heels of the attack and mass killing of two children and the injury of twenty-one other victims
Parental Backbone: Saying “No” in Love?
The fifth practice that parents of young adults need to master is the most difficult. This practice is the ability to demonstrate unconditional love
Would You Cry If I Died?
In a court-ordered therapy session that my colleague at Wilder Child Guidance Clinic conducted, a father and his teenage son sat across from each
What’s Wrong With a Young Adult Living at Home?
If you live in India, there's nothing abnormal about a young adult living at home. I recently guested on the podcast KAJ Masterclass. My host informed
A Preview of The Parent’s Launch Code
I wrote The Parent's Launch Code to help parents who struggle to maintain a caring and positive connection with their young adults while letting them
An Excerpt from “The Parent’s Launch Code: Loving and Letting Go of Our Adult Children”
What Exactly is a Successful Launch of a Young Adult? My definition of a successful launch of a young adult is that the young adult has become
Be A Better Person
It's only taken me forty years to figure out why I do what I do. Over the years, I have been involved in youth ministry, working with adolescents with
How to Show Unconditional Love to Your Young Adult
To successfully launch a young adult, we must support their independence and self-sufficiency while retaining the caring bond we all want to have with