What if....
The big change on the horizon isn't scary but might actually be fun?! Find your joy in parenting the teen-to-adult launch
It looks easy in hindsight
By the time they're teenagers, the mischief of the younger years looks like a piece of cake. They get bigger and so do the challenges. Who am I? What do I want to be when I 'grow up'? How do I navigate social life? It's overwhelming.
And then they leave
It's thrilling to watch them take that first step towards independence. Whether it's more school or pursuing an interest, there are so many hopes and dreams wrapped up in that moment. As a parent, there's a whole new set of questions and doubt. How do I know what's going on when they're so far away? How do I help? I feel disconnected and like things are out of my control!
Redefine + relaunch
Just like every new phase as they were growing up, the transition from dependent to independent takes a new set of parenting skills. It's learning to manage the ambiguity and reality of way-finding your child will go through (ie the mistakes that will get made). Parenting becomes more like coaching...all while figuring out what to do with so much free time!