If your daughter or son hears criticism every time you try to have a conversation, even when your tone is calm and your intentions are good, you’re probably feeling confused and discouraged.

You’re not crazy, and you’re not doing it wrong.

You are choosing your words carefully.
You are trying to be...

Parents ask me all the time:

“How do I fix my stay-at-home son?”
“How do I fix my stuck daughter?”

Here’s the honest answer: You don’t. You can’t “fix” an adult.

But you can fix the dynamic that’s keeping them stuck, and that starts with you, not them.

If your emerging adult is:

• Sleeping all d...

Listen to me for a moment, parent to parent:

Your emerging adult’s mood is not a report card on your parenting.

I know it feels that way sometimes. When your son or daughter comes home quiet, snappy, or shut down, your mind races: What did I say? What did I do wrong?

The truth that changes everyt...

Emerging adults want all the freedom of adulthood… but none of the responsibility.

Sound familiar?

If you’re like most parents I talk to, you’re watching your 18–30-year-old enjoy every perk of adult life, late nights, privacy, independence, choices, while doing very little of the work that comes ...

Someone needs to hear this right now, so I’m just going to say it plainly:

Stop bailing out your kids.

I know that comes from love. You see your child struggling, and your instinct is to help because that’s what parents do, right? We fix, protect, and provide. But when our kids reach adulthood, th...

They’re hiding in their room.

Maybe they’re sleeping all day. Maybe they come out for food or to scroll on their phone, then disappear again. You’ve tried talking, pleading, encouraging, even threatening, but nothing changes. You’re scared, frustrated, and heartbroken.

If this sounds familiar, ple...