LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Becoming Better Parents
If you’re a parent of an older child, are these questions keeping you up at night;
How can I improve my communication with my adult children? Why are we struggling to connect? How can I encourage my adult child to become more independent? What can I do to motivate them to find a job or further their education? How do I set boundaries with my adult child at home without causing conflict? How can I help my adult child develop the life skills necessary to become independent? In what ways can I support my adult child without enabling them? What can I do to help them become more confident?
If you're searching for these answers, this podcast is for you. LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Becoming Better Parents addresses the most challenging issues that parents are facing with their young adults. Each episode offers research-based strategies, real-life stories and heartfelt advice that will help you guide your young adult to becoming confident, motivated and independent.
Join Shari Jonas, educator, author, and co-parenting consultant, as she shares parenting tips and actionable steps that you can take to help your adult child through these difficult times. Shari, along with her guests will inspire, educate and share the parenting strategies that you need to guide your adult child as they launch into adulthood. If you're ready to help your young adult overcome obstacles, and become the best parent you can be, listen in and subscribe to LAUNCH.
LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Becoming Better Parents
#16: Parental Estrangement: When Your Adult Child Goes No Contact - An Estranged Parent Shares Her Personal Story
For anyone who prefers watching interviews, you'll find it on Shari's youtube channel: Click here: https://youtu.be/TG35c5LsKtA?si=wYiBzElWmTdAicXw
Few things are more painful than Parental Estrangement—when your adult child intentionally limits or cuts off contact, leaving you heartbroken, confused, and searching for answers. The silence is deafening, the questions feel endless, and the pain can be unbearable. Why does this happen? Can the relationship be repaired? And if not, how do you cope and move forward?
Parental estrangement occurs when an adult child chooses to have no contact with their parent. This decision is often rooted in unresolved conflicts, emotional pain, and their need for boundaries and healing.
Estrangement can be temporary or permanent and may involve silence, avoidance, or rejection of attempts to reconnect. For parents, it can be an overwhelming experience, leading to feelings of grief, guilt, and confusion. While reconciliation is sometimes possible, healing often begins with self-reflection, taking accountability, and focusing on personal growth.
In this deeply personal and fully transparent episode, I sit down with Crystal Allon, a mother who has experienced estrangement firsthand. Now, she offers support and guidance to other parents facing the same pain, helping them navigate their emotions and work towards transformation through self-awareness.
We explore:
🔹 Why adult children choose to go no contact
🔹How to shift from grief and confusion to self-reflection and healing
🔹How to find peace, even if reconciliation isn’t an immediate option
🔹The role and impact of Generational Trauma
🔹How to approach this if you are a Grandparent
If you or someone you know is struggling with parental estrangement, this episode offers insight, encouragement, and suggestions to help you move forward.
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