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#448 Leaving the Nest

#448 Leaving the Nest

Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families

February 21, 202215m 32s

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Show Notes

Justin & Kylie answer a question from a listener about how to allow our adult children to leave the nest


Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Justin & Kylie talk us through their experience with having their oldest child leave the family home
  • As adults, we need to remember what it was like to be a maturing teen & what it was that we needed from our parents
  • Parents need to let go of the control to decrease anxiety in both the parent & the maturing child
  • Learn to let go from the very beginning
  • Parents need to provide the scaffolding to allow their childen to make safe choices
  • Justin reads an excerpt from his book Miss-Connection


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