#448 Leaving the Nest

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 excerpt from his book Miss-Connection

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