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Therapy For Dependent Adult Children

2024-11-29T11:18:06-08:00

Is Your Adult Child Struggling Financially, Academically, Or Emotionally? Is an emerging adult in your family still living at home or living elsewhere at your expense? In addition to needing lodging or money for rent, they may also rely on you for food, entertainment, and other costs. You may also feel pressure to be responsible for all of your child’s emotional needs. This can be mentally taxing for you. Are you feeling disappointed, frustrated, and bewildered at your child’s lack of progress? There may be increasing tension in your home, especially if you’ve tried to reduce your Learn More

Prevent Cell Phone Addiction with These 5 Tips

2024-10-10T21:10:14-07:00

Recently, more and more parents are reaching out to me because their teen struggles with cell phone “addiction”. Sometimes the parents are describing unhealthy habits that haven’t developed into a destructive “addiction”. However, all parents who have children struggling with their electronics use can benefit from these five tips. Learn More

Dos and Don’ts to Financially Supporting an Emerging Adult

2024-10-10T21:15:59-07:00

The US Census Bureau’s latest numbers show that over 35% of millennials in California still live at home. With so many young people never leaving home or returning home, a financial burden is put on their parents. Even for emerging adults (18-29 year olds) not living at home, parents are still financially helping them. Unfortunately, this sometimes results in parents taking on additional debt, delaying their life plans, or even postponing their retirement. Thankfully, there are specific things parents can do to lessen the financial burden. Read on to learn some dos and don’ts to financially support your emerging adult child. Learn More

Four Essential Elements for Effective Consequences

2024-10-10T21:17:11-07:00

Parents often ask me how to effectively create consequences for their teen or emerging adult child. In some ways, it’s the same as when you crafted consequences for your young child, but there are two really important differences. I thought about all the elements I’ve spoken to parents about over the years and created a list of the four essential considerations when creating effective consequences. Learn More

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