Relationship Coaching
Parents of Emerging Adults
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A DEEPER AND MORE MEANINGFUL CONNECTION WITH YOUR EMERGING ADULT CHILD?
At Heart Wise Relationship Coaching we realize that young people in our society are leaving home at 18 or 19, most do leave home, marry, become parents, or find a long-term job until at least their late twenties. Emerging adulthood is defined as ages 18 -25, in which the young adults have freedom to explore life’s options. Sometimes parents of emerging adults become frustrated about the instability of their child’s life because their child is still trying to figure out who they are and, in a sense, they are stuck between adolescence (screenagers) and adulthood.
At Heart Wise Relationship Coaching we support parents of emerging adults by assisting in parent’s understanding of their parental role. Often parents expect to intervene in their child’s life in hopes that they can shield their child from adult exploration that they may incur. In many cases parents need to allow them to fall and learn some lessons on their own.
Often parents want to have a strong connection with their emerging adult at this stage. Parents need to adjust their previous “parental” job description when their child was a teen or tween and avoid the following: comparing their child to their friend’s child, giving unwanted advice, using the word “should” in conversation with them, criticizing them about their lifestyle, providing negative feedback, and overall, actively, or passively try to control their lives.
At Heart Wise Relationship Coaching we want parents to establish a supportive, empathetic, and positive relationship with their child during this developmental period. Through our coaching sessions, meditations, affirmations, journaling and W.I.S.E. circles with other parents/caretakers who are going through the same issues. The W.I.S.E. Circles are facilitated by a conscious, knowledgeable, caring coach, and we will become partners with you to discover your purpose, and your identity independent of your role as a parent.