Founder and Director of Milestones for Young Adults in Idaho Pam Broker talked to Lon Woodbury and Liz McGhee on L.A. Talk Radio. She discussed exactly what young adults have to do to mature into responsible adults. The host of the program, Lon Woodbury is the founder of Woodbury Reports. He has assisted family and teens since 1984, and his co-host Elizabeth McGhee , who is the Director of Admissions and Reference Relations at Sandhill Youngster Development Facility, has over 19 years of professional consulting experience. The talk radio show, Parent Choices for Struggling Teens is sponsored by Father Flanagan's Boys Town in Nebraska.
Pamela Broker
Pamela Broker is the owner and Executive Director of Milestones for Young Adults, a young adult transition program. Having worked with teens, young adults and their families for numerous years, Pamela has worked at six different programs in the Northwest as the Admissions Director before founding Milestones.
Challenges on the Young Adult's Path to Independence
The young adult's path to independence in the United States is strewn with difficulties. The classic path of maturity-working, getting married, raising children, and contributing to society-is becoming increasingly difficult for young people to follow. There are many reasons for this situation. It may be due to society's influence-it takes longer to get a good education and entry level jobs barely pay for the cost of food and shelter and life's necessities. It may be due to the impact of telecommunication devices-it's possible for a child to get all their needs met vicariously through Internet access. It may be due to over-functioning parents doing everything for their children. It may be due to the child having psychological problems like learning disorders or addictions. However, Pamela also believed, a large part of the issue may simply be due to the child's reluctance to leave home. "They are comfortable where they are," she explained. "Why would they do something different? They get an allowance, a roof over their head, a warm bed, and tasty meals."
Pamela offered several suggestions for parents: give children bottom line directives, give them the ball to play the game of life, and allow them to learn from their mistakes if they run out of money. She also suggested that parents make it clear to their children that their child's chaos is not the parent's chaos. Additionally, toward the close of the show, she outlined out how parents can get external help from their local community, from life coaches, and from organizations dedicated to helping young adults mature.
Conclusion
The interview covered problems like why young adults are "failing to launch." It discussed the adverse effect of helicopter parents, the negative impact of addiction to modern technology, and the creeping alienation experienced in modern society. Finally, the interview also discussed how kids's brains do not develop until they are twenty-five years of ages, how parenting has altered over the decades, and how moms and dads need to make their children take responsibility for their very own lives.
Pamela Broker
Pamela Broker is the owner and Executive Director of Milestones for Young Adults, a young adult transition program. Having worked with teens, young adults and their families for numerous years, Pamela has worked at six different programs in the Northwest as the Admissions Director before founding Milestones.
Challenges on the Young Adult's Path to Independence
The young adult's path to independence in the United States is strewn with difficulties. The classic path of maturity-working, getting married, raising children, and contributing to society-is becoming increasingly difficult for young people to follow. There are many reasons for this situation. It may be due to society's influence-it takes longer to get a good education and entry level jobs barely pay for the cost of food and shelter and life's necessities. It may be due to the impact of telecommunication devices-it's possible for a child to get all their needs met vicariously through Internet access. It may be due to over-functioning parents doing everything for their children. It may be due to the child having psychological problems like learning disorders or addictions. However, Pamela also believed, a large part of the issue may simply be due to the child's reluctance to leave home. "They are comfortable where they are," she explained. "Why would they do something different? They get an allowance, a roof over their head, a warm bed, and tasty meals."
Pamela offered several suggestions for parents: give children bottom line directives, give them the ball to play the game of life, and allow them to learn from their mistakes if they run out of money. She also suggested that parents make it clear to their children that their child's chaos is not the parent's chaos. Additionally, toward the close of the show, she outlined out how parents can get external help from their local community, from life coaches, and from organizations dedicated to helping young adults mature.
Conclusion
The interview covered problems like why young adults are "failing to launch." It discussed the adverse effect of helicopter parents, the negative impact of addiction to modern technology, and the creeping alienation experienced in modern society. Finally, the interview also discussed how kids's brains do not develop until they are twenty-five years of ages, how parenting has altered over the decades, and how moms and dads need to make their children take responsibility for their very own lives.
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Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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