There is little to no
training on the parent role for empowering and launching young adults.
This quiz can provide awareness about commonly misunderstood principles
that can make a big difference to you and your young adult.
- is your child resistant to becoming an adult
because your life is lacking passion, adventure, and/or vision?
- is your life still primarily a reaction to your
parents or the culture? (are you trying to get mom or dad's approval or
"keep up with the jones"?
- Do you regularly rescue your adult child from the
consequences of their actions
- is your adult child living off the assumption that
you will let them remain in childlike depencence indefinitely?
- do you have a great plan for your young adults
life, if they will simply follow through with it?
- are yo the primary adult guidance for you adult
child to discover their identity and life direction?
- is your young adult able to dump their emotions on
you (using anger, blame, guilt, sadness or complicency) in order to not
change themselves?
- would you be upset or disappointed if your adult
child took off on a non-traditional journey to discover themselves?
- does your adult child live with and off of you (non
contributing freeloader)?
- do you use bribes or threats to try to make your
adult child successful?
If you have answered Yes to any of these
questions you may be unknowingly disempowering your adult child. Amost
everyone answers yes on at least one. Keep reading, there is help.
The successful transition into empowered adulthood is crucial to the
individual, family, culture, and health on the planet.
If you need these skills immediately sign up and attend: The Parent
Workshop for Empowering Young Adults
79 Treeline Drive
Sagle, Idaho 83860
208.255.2290
email