10 Tips for Parenting Adult Children
Your children have flown away from your nest, yet you will always be Mom or Dad. Here are 10 tips to help you parent your newly adult children.
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Category: Empty Nest
8 Things To Avoid When Your Nest Is Empty
Empty nesters tend to leap headfirst into something new, taking on a new job or travel schedule or volunteer position as soon as their child is out the door.
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The Moment I Realized I Am Almost Enough
Self reflection and healing take time. Rome was not built in a day and neither was I. I don’t know how long it will take for me to feel like I am enough.
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The Lessons My Children Have Taught Me
It’s not okay to let your child try a new path, no matter what you think about it, it’s essential.
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7 Things Teens Need to Know Before They Leave For College
You won’t be there to do laundry for them in college—no mater how often they seem to come home with dirty clothes.
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Preparing For Your Child To Leave The Nest
So when it’s time time ship your kid off, it is highly unlikely that you are going to be able to just turn off the “parenting switch.”
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Let Your 18 Year Old Fly, And They Will Soar
A young person’s ability to find their way around a benefits package and their pay stub is more important than graduating cum laude.
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Why I Miss My Children’s Lemonade Stands
How long has it been since my daughters made a lemonade stand with our neighbors?
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Why I Liked Being 50 A Lot Better Than Being 49
In a year, I would no longer be able say I was “in my 40s” or check the box on a survey marked “40-49.” Instead, I would be 50! Five. Zero…
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7 Steps To Get You Out Of Your Midlife Funk
Take pride in having given your heart and soul to raising adult children, welcome your new roles and share your wisdom, skills and superpowers with the world.
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Parents, Are You Ready To Leave The College Years?
I’m trying not to look at old pictures, trying not to cry too much and taking a stab at total happiness as they become adults.
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Raising A Spirited Child
On moving day, a mother reflects back on raising her, now grown, spirited daughter, and looks toward the future for herself…
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