My husband and I have completely different ideas about how much to help our 24-year-old who's struggling to find work after college — I think we should let her figure it out and he keeps wanting to pay her rent and I'm watching us turn into the parents who can't agree on anything. We're three months into this dance and I can feel it changing how we talk to each other about everything.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two parents are discovering that launching their child is exposing fundamental differences in their values around independence, support, and what love looks like in practice.
“Where Are You with Launching adult children?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.