LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Building Better Relationships
If you’re a parent of a young adult, are these questions keeping you up at night;
How can I become the best parent to my kids? How can I improve my communication with them? How can we connect better? How can I help them to become more confident, resilient and independent? What can I do to motivate them? Why don't they respect me? Why don't they want to hang out with me?
If you're searching for these answers, this podcast is for you. I'm Shari Jonas and this is LAUNCH. Where I offer honest, no BS parenting tips that will help you to raise your adult child with confidence (regardless of whether they're living with you or on their own) and become the best parent you can be.
I address the most relevant, challenging and deeply personal issues that parents are facing with their young adults. Each episode offers real-life stories, research-based strategies, and no BS advice that will help you to become the parent that your adult child ALWAYS turns to, someone they love to spend time and, someone who will guide them to becoming confident, resilient, independent and capable of thriving in the world.
Join me each week as I tell it like it is. No sugar coating. Real talk. Let's face it, parenting can be hard work, especially because we're figuring it out every day. We're learning as we go, and we can always be better. I hope to inspire you, give you the confidence you need to connect with them, and to educate you when you need a little guidance. Sometimes I have amazing guests, other times, it's just me; a Mom of 2 grown kids, who practically raised my children alone. As an educator, author and parenting consultant, I know what it takes to build incredible relationships, while guiding them through life's challenges, and I want to share it all with you.
If you're ready to help your young adult overcome obstacles, while becoming the best parent you can be, listen in to LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Becoming Better Parents
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Shari@ParentingFX.com
LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Building Better Relationships
#25: Stop Comparing Your Kid: The Key to Helping Your Adult Child Discover Themself
Do you find yourself wondering why your adult child hasn’t reached the milestones others seem to have hit already—college, career, independence? Maybe you’re hearing other parents talk about their thriving young adults while you’re silently thinking, “Why is mine still stuck?”
Here’s the hard truth: comparing your child to their peers, siblings or even your own expectations isn’t helping them. And while it might come from a place of love and concern, it often lands as disapproval, disappointment, and pressure.
In this powerful episode, I’ll walk you through:
- The Comparison Trap and it's silent message
- The ways it damages your child’s self-worth and motivation
- Why it’s so common to compare, especially when you’re worried they aren't “launching” into adulthood
- What to say and do instead that actually helps build confidence and growth
- How to reconnect with your adult child by seeing them on their timeline—not yours or anyone else’s.
If your adult child is still living at home, struggling to find their path—this episode will help you shift out of comparison mode and into connection and self-discovery. It’s time to start appreciating and empowering them for who they are, their unique qualities and individual strengths —because progress starts with a new perspective, having "fresh eyes" on the late bloomer that is your child.
Here are the 2 online personality surveys mentioned in the episode:
VIA Character Strengths Survey - https://www.viacharacter.org/
Clifton Strengths - https://shorturl.at/Yik0Q
Listen to Episode #30 with Kristen Clark - a Career Exploration Coach who uses Clifton Strengths along with her own unique formula to help young adults discover which career best suits their unique interests.
💻 The Waitlist for my Parenting Course is open. “Journey to Independence: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Guiding and Launching Your Adult Child.”
For more information and where to sign up, visit: https://parentingfx.com/pages/the-parenting-course
🪺Early Bird Discounts will be Offered to Anyone on the Waitlist
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