#448 Leaving the Nest

Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families · Feb 21, 2022 · 15m · transcript

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…