June Live + Unfiltered: College-Aged and Young Adult Children

Encouraging independence and maturity as your kid gets older

Our next Live + Unfiltered discussion is happening Friday, June 6th at 5:00 pm ET / 10:00 pm London time — and we hope you’ll join us!

This month’s topic was suggested by several of you during our last event. We know that much of the parenting advice is geared towards moms and dads of younger teens. But what do you do when your child is older, off at college, or struggling towards adulthood?

How can you encourage healthy independence? What does it look like to shift towards a loving “consultancy” with a child as he or she gets older? How do you support your young adult without managing them explicitly? And what happens when their neurodivergence or mental health issues cause their maturity to lag behind their age?