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If you’re a parent of a young adult, are these questions keeping you up at night;
How can I become the best parent to my kids? How can I improve my communication with them? How can we connect better? How can I help them to become more confident, resilient and independent? What can I do to motivate them? Why don't they respect me? Why don't they want to hang out with me?
If you're searching for these answers, this podcast is for you. I'm Shari Jonas and this is LAUNCH. Where I offer honest, no BS parenting tips that will help you to raise your adult child with confidence (regardless of whether they're living with you or on their own) and become the best parent you can be.
I address the most relevant, challenging and deeply personal issues that parents are facing with their young adults. Each episode offers real-life stories, research-based strategies, and no BS advice that will help you to become the parent that your adult child ALWAYS turns to, someone they love to spend time and, someone who will guide them to becoming confident, resilient, independent and capable of thriving in the world.
Join me each week as I tell it like it is. No sugar coating. Real talk. Let's face it, parenting can be hard work, especially because we're figuring it out every day. We're learning as we go, and we can always be better. I hope to inspire you, give you the confidence you need to connect with them, and to educate you when you need a little guidance. Sometimes I have amazing guests, other times, it's just me; a Mom of 2 grown kids, who practically raised my children alone. As an educator, author and parenting consultant, I know what it takes to build incredible relationships, while guiding them through life's challenges, and I want to share it all with you.
If you're ready to help your young adult overcome obstacles, while becoming the best parent you can be, listen in to LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Becoming Better Parents
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Of course you can email me for questions, consultations or just to say hi!
Shari@ParentingFX.com
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#91: Trigger Warning: Will Every "Failing to Launch" Adult Child Launch?
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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#90: When Should Parents of Adult Children Stop Being Supportive?
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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#89: The Question Almost Every Parent Wants to Know: Should My Adult Child Pay Rent?
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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#88: Why Your Adult Child Isn't Launching: What Parents Need to Know with Psychologist Dr. Mark McConville, Author of Failure to Launch
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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#87: The 5 Secrets I Learned from Talking With Failing to Launch Young Adults
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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#86: Overcoming Social Anxiety in Young Adults: A 22-Year-Old Shares His Story
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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#85: Do You Have an Orchid Child? 3 Ways to Help Sensitive Adult Children LAUNCH
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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#84: Stop Trying So Hard | A Simpler Way to Connect With Your Adult Child
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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#83: Failure to Launch Explained | 5 Tips to Help Your Adult Child Move Forward
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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#82: Advice from a Developmental Psychologist: How to Help Your Young Adult Thrive in Today’s Challenging World
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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#81: What CONSEQUENCES Can I Give My Adult Child Who Doesn’t Do Anything I Ask?
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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#80: Stop Supporting Your Stay-at-Home Adult Child
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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#79: Repairing the Parent-Adult Child Relationship: Small Changes Make the Biggest Differences
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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#78: A New Perspective: Seeing Your Adult Child Through a Different Lens
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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#77: The Most Powerful Tools in Your Parenting Toolbox
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May 24, 2026 |
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#76: Are You Parenting the Adult Child in Front of You or the Child You Were | What Young Adults Need to Thrive
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May 21, 2026 |
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#75: Text Me When You're Home
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May 08, 2026 |
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#74: Mental Health and Your Adult Child | What a Parenting Expert Wants Parents to Know
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May 02, 2026 |
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#73: The Seven Deadliest Sins of Parenting an Adult Child
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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#72: The Apology Ache: Healing Parental Hurt & Breaking Toxic Cycles
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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#71: How to Get Your Adult Child to Become Responsible at Home
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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#70: A 30-Year-Old Shares His Story of Video Game Addiction & Recovery
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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#69: The Dirtiest Word in Parenting Adult Children | And This One Is for Every Parent
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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#68: So You Think You’ve Tried Everything With Your Adult Child
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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#67: A Young Adult's Surprising Advice to Parents
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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#66: Failure to Launch and the Overprotective Parent
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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#65: Helping Your Adult Child Find Joy
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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#64: How to Love Living with Your Adult Child | A Conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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#63: Why Your Adult Child Stays Stuck | The Single Most Important Factor
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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#62: Parenting Adult Children with Addiction and Mental Health Issues | Advice from a Therapist in Recovery
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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#61: Parenting Adult Children With ADHD: Collaboration, Modelling and Expectations
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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#60: Truth Bombs, Tough Love and Tips for Parents of Struggling Adult Children
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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#59: Modeling Resilience: Why Parents of Adult Children Must Learn to Manage Their Stress
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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#58: When Your Adult Child Ignores Everything You Say
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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#57: I’m an Adult, You Can’t Tell Me What To Do or Can You?
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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#56: Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Make You a Better Parent
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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#55: Emotional Intelligence and Failure to Launch | Helping Your Adult Child Improve Communication & Develop Emotional Maturity
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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#54: Is Your Adult Child Struggling to Make Friends? Why Social Skills Are So Important & What You Can Do to Help
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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#53: The Secret to Learning How to Help Your Unmotivated, Unhappy and Withdrawn Adult Child
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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#52: How to Help Your Adult Child Build Real Connections, Confidence, and Happiness
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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#51: When Your Adult Child Is Suicidal: What Every Parent Must Do Right Now
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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#50: What Young Adults Need Most From Their Parents: A Heartfelt Conversation With a 25-Year-Old
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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#49: Is Parental Estrangement Permanent? One Mother's Healing Journey
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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#48: Failure to Launch in Adult Children: What Parents Can Do When Nothing Has Worked
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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#47 How Harmful is Loneliness and Isolation for Kids’ Mental Health? You'll Be Shocked to Discover
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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#46: 8 Confidence Building Strategies for Adult Children | The Key to Independence
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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#45: How Our Mothers Influence Our Self and How We Parent | Healing the Mother Wound
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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#44: Parents as Leaders: How to Raise Strong, Confident and Independent Adults
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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#43: How Healing Childhood Trauma from a Narcissistic Parent Can Deepen Your Connection With Your Child
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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#42: Will I Have Enough Money to Retire If My Adult Kids Are Still Living at Home? Financial Advice for Parents
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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#41: How the Practice of Gratitude Can Shift Your Adult Child's Mindset from Hopelessness to Possibility
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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#40: How to Develop Resilience and Emotional Regulation in Young Adults: What Parents Need to Know
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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#39 Guilt-Free Advice from a Divorce Coach & How to Handle Your Adult Kids
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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#38: Words of Wisdom from Troubled Youth | What Every Parent Needs to Hear
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#37: The Language of Relationships: Understanding These Therapy Terms Could Drastically Improve How You Communicate and Connect with Your Adult Child.
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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#36: The Inspiring Story of a Young Woman Who - With the Encouragement of Her Parents - Refused to Let Her Learning Disability Define Her.
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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#35: How to Raise Respectful, Responsible, Independent Adults While They're Living at Home and the Game-Changing Resource That Makes It Possible
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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#34: Was Your Child Bullied? The Shocking Truth About the Effects of Bullying and Gaslighting and What Parents Can Do
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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#33: Survey Reveals What Parents of Struggling Adult Children Worry About Most
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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#32: Change Starts With You: How One Mom’s Journey Helped Her Daughter Find Happiness Again
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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#31: My Stay-at-Home Adult Child is NEET: What That Means and What Parents Can Do to Help
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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#30: Helping Your Adult Child Discover Their Strengths and Find Their Path: Advice from a Career Coach
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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#29: You’re Only as Happy as Your Saddest Child - But Is That Holding You Back from Helping Them?
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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#27: How to Have an Honest Conversation with Your Adult Kid to Become the Parent They Need Right Now
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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#26: What Happens When You Meet Your Kids Where They Are: One Mom’s Inspiring Journey Raising Neurodivergent Children and Powerful Lessons for All Parents
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May 30, 2025 |
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#25: Stop Comparing Your Kid: The Key to Helping Your Adult Child Discover Themself
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May 24, 2025 |
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#24: How to Tell if Your Adult Child Is Addicted to Video Games; One Mom’s Powerful Story of How She Saved Her Son’s Life
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May 17, 2025 |
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#23: Your Mental Health: Who’s Taking Care of You While You Take Care of Everyone Else?
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May 14, 2025 |
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#22: Rat Park Study | My Kid Spends All Their Time in Their Room: How Loneliness Can Be the Cause of Addiction
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May 10, 2025 |
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#21: The Parenting Shift from Coach to Advisor: How to Communicate with Your Adult Child to Build a Lifelong Friendship
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May 02, 2025 |
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#20: The Art of Raising Kids Who Want to Hang Out With You | Parenting Advice That Builds the Deepest Parent-Child Connection
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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#19: Parenting Through Alcohol Addiction: One Mother’s Journey of Personal Growth Through Her Son’s Struggle to Sobriety
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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#18: Why is My Adult Kid Still Acting Like a Child? The 2 Hidden Causes You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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#17: Breaking the Trauma Cycle: How to Stop Parenting Your Adult Kids Through the Lens of Your Negative Childhood
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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#16: Parental Estrangement: When Your Adult Child Goes No Contact - An Estranged Parent Shares Her Personal Story
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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#15: Why is My Adult Child So Angry With Me?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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#14: Is Your Adult Child Still Living With You and Driving You Crazy?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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#13: ADHD in Young Adults: A Psychologist Reveals the Symptoms Most Parents Don't Know
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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#12: How Parents Are Unintentionally Holding Their Adult Children Back and What You Can Do Instead
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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#11: How Can I Teach My Kids About Money When I Know Nothing About It?
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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#10: How Parents Can Teach Their Young Adults to Set Goals and Plan for Their Future: The Secret Skill to a Fulfilling Life
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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#9: If You Do Nothing Else For Your Kid - Teach Them These 10 Life Skills
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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#8: Mental Illness in Teens and Young Adults: How to Spot the Signs, Start the Conversation, and Get Professional Help
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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#7: Substance Abuse and Alcohol Addiction in Young Adults: How Parents Can Tell If Their Child Has a Problem and What to Do Next
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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#6: How I Taught My Kids to Be Self-Confident: Wake Up Every Day and Do This One Thing
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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#5: How to Help Your Unmotivated Adult Child Take Action, Find Purpose, and Build Confidence: The 5-Step Guide for Parents
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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#4: The Art of Communicating with your Adult Child
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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#3: How Parents Can Build a Stronger, More Meaningful Relationship with Their Adult Child: The Secret to a Long-Lasting Connection
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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#2: How to Prevent Failure to Launch in Adult Children and It’s Not Rocket Science
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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#1: My Adult Child is Struggling: The 15 Signs of Failure to Launch that Every Parents Needs to Know
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Oct 26, 2024 |