ABCs of Parenting Adult Children

In episode 19 we will discover what it means to be an empty nester and the stages that parents will go through as they transition from being parents to being mentors.

Episode 18 covers Parenting Adult Children information I found at The Hartford Website. This information covers an entire range of information and some of this I have already reviewed on previous podcast episodes. There are several clickable links that you can review for further reference material. I hope you find it helpful.

Todays episode will examine what it means to experience the return of your young adults back home. Life is hard and sometimes the young adult needs a second chance in a safe place where they can reboot and learn how to start over. Towards the end of the episode you will hear my daughters dog barking as she returned home. Please forgive me for that.

Our guest speaker is Stephen Knapp with Through the Glass Recovery. Stephen talks about his recovery journey from alcohol addiction and his marriage relationship and how it affected his children.

In episode 15 we will discover how children are affected during divorce. We will discuss what happens during the divorce and after the divorce. Children are affected by divorce the most. This episode will exam ways in which we can mimimize the affects of divorce on the children.

Today we explore what it means to be living in a crisis and how that brings us to a turning point. We can chose to do this or that or nothing at all. Angie Mizzell with Hello Friday provides the content for this episode that we will explore.

Episode 13 is with Richard Jones who is an RN and runs 2ndstarts addiction recovery program for young adults and parents. He talks about his experiences with young adults who were incarcerated and dealing with addiction issues. Richard shares how parents and young adults struggling with addictions can be part of this program.

Julie Miller is an addictions recovery coach and podcaster from Colorado. After a decade of being addicted to alcohol, she found her way into recovery and is now thriving. Her recovery is founded in overcoming shame, finding her authentic self, and creating a life so full there's no space left for alcohol. Through her coaching, podcasting, and the recovery community she is working to build, Julie has found her purpose in helping others find their way out of addictionand into a meaningful, purpose filled life of freedom. You can find Julie at Through the Glass Recovery: throughtheglassrecovery.com and on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/create.a.life.so.full/  The podcast episode I reference about family members supporting their loved ones can be found here: https://throughtheglassrecovery.com/podcast/supporting-loved-one-addiction/  -- Julie Miller & Steve Knapp Hosts,Through the Glass Recovery Podcast throughtheglassrecovery@gmail.com throughtheglassrecovery.com

In today's episode I talk to the audience about how parents can have unrealistic expectations when it comes to relationships. I talk about co dependency and how we can be guilty of being helicopter parents. All ways hovering near by and resucing them from danger.

In episode 10 I talk about my being adopted in Germany by a military family. I talk about my childhood and how it affected my parenting skills as a young parent. I talk about losing a child to cancer when they were 10 years old. I talk about our FB parenting support group. I invite parents to be a guest speaker and share their story to encourage others.

Teaching our young adults sound money management skills will go a long way to financial stability. Enabling bad money decisions should not happen.

In episode 8 we talk about the delicate balance between support and indepedence. Allowing adult children to develop their independence, both emotionally and financially.

In episode 7 we explore 10 new topics for upcoming episodes. As I talked about each topic I gave a brief explanation of the importance of each topic and how it is relevant to us as parents and our adult children. I spoke about healthy boundaries, healthy relationships between parents. How it is important to model a healthy marriage to our children. I spoke about the importance of money management.

Today's episode is about enforcing healthy boundaries with your young adults. Our children will always be regarded as our offspring however they are now young adults and we must treat them as such. Sometimes we have to show our young adults tough love.

In this episode I talk about parents of adult children and the importance of self help. The importance of healing. The importance of being centered. The importance of finding the resources you need for healing. The importance of therapy. I also discuss different topics that we want to explore in future episodes. I want the episodes to resonate with parents and be relevant to their situations. I want to communicate that there is hope for everyone in our group.

Erick Erickson, 8 stages of development part 2. In the last segment, I went through the first four stages of Erick Erickson's Psychosocial Developement. In this segment I will go voer the next four stages which are: Adolescence, Young Adulthood, Middle Adulthood and Maturity.

Today I am going to be diving into the world of Erik Erickson and his theory when it comes to psychosocial development. There are 8 stages in the Psychosocial Development that Erickson developed. Unlike other theories, Erickson focuses on social and emotional factors that influence an individual’s psychological growth throughout the life span.

In this episode we talk about how important it is to have a healthy relationship with our partner before we bring children into the family. Husband and wife are the family foundation. If the marriage relationship is healthy then raising your children will be easier. It is not going to be without its challenges however. Join with us as we explore these topics in future podcasts.

This is an introduction to the Adult Children and tough love podcast.