How Helping Your Kids Can Hold Them Back

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Raising children to become independent adults is every parent’s task, but there’s an increasing phenomenon of kids who experience a “failure to launch” into their 20s and even 30s. Far too many adult children are not just living off their parents or with their parents, they actually expect it to be that way. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
0:07.0	Search for Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast and follow my Deep Dive today.
0:16.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:19.0	Deep dive.
0:23.4	Dr. Laura's Deep Dive. Deep Dive. Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast.
0:30.3	Raising children to become independent adults is every parent's task.
0:36.5	But there's an increasing phenomenon of kids who experience a failure to launch.
0:40.4	In their 20s and even 30s, Far too many adult children are not just living off their parents or with their parents. They actually expect it to be that
0:46.3	way. The problem usually starts early. You don't want your children to be upset. You don't want
0:52.7	them to struggle. Your child doesn't like sleeping in
0:55.6	her room, so instead of teaching her to cope with being uncomfortable, you let her sleep with you.
1:00.8	You're constantly protecting them from getting hurt physically and emotionally. You overpraise,
1:06.6	undercriticize. You make excuses. When my listener, Amy, called me, she was adamant that her daughter's
1:14.4	fourth grade teacher was a bully. I didn't push, but I did suspect that there was more to the
1:20.6	situation than a mean teacher. Here's our conversation. Amy, welcome to the program.
1:29.4	Hi, Dr. Laura.
1:30.2	Thank you for taking my call.
1:32.1	I have listened to you for 30 plus years.
1:35.2	I'm a second generation Dr. Laura listener.
1:38.2	And I kind of lived my life according to Dr. Laura's wisdom.
1:41.6	I've been married for 20 years and I'm a stay-at-home mom to four girls,
1:44.9	but I have a question for you. My youngest daughter is very, very attached to me, and I believe that
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