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My child is leaving home
You are managing their launch and your own re-organisation in the same fortnight. Both are real.
FamiliesTransitions & What's NextFamily & AuthorityAutonomy & Daily Life
Families
If you are the parent
- 1The Drop-Off and the Two Weeks AfterPlanning the goodbye, and planning what you do with the silence that follows it.Families
- 2Empty Nest: Rebuilding Your Own WeekTreating the space they left as a planning problem rather than only a loss.Families
- 3From Manager to MentorRewriting your role as their competence grows, and saying the new terms out loud.Families
- 4How Often Is Too Often to TextNegotiating a contact rhythm you both actually agree to instead of one you each resent.Families
- 5When They Move Out and Nothing WorksBeing a helpline rather than a rescue service during the first independent crisis.Families
Episodes on this
- In productionThe Long Handover
1. From Manager to Mentor
With a family systems coach
- What do you stop doing this year?
- How do you say the new terms out loud?
- In productionThe Long Handover
2. How Often Is Too Often To Text
With an adolescent psychologist
- Who is the contact rhythm actually for?
- What does location sharing cost you?
- In productionThe Long Handover
3. The Drop-Off and the Fortnight After
With a family transition coach
- How do you plan the goodbye?
- What do you do with the silence?
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