Successful Postparenting
The Workshop
Parenthood starts when your kids are old enough to vote and lasts as long as you do. It’s the final evolution of your role as a parent, and it requires what may be the most difficult task of all: acknowledging that they are adults, with the right to lead their own lives, make their own choices, and pursue their own dreams, regardless of whether or not you approve.
That sounds easy, but it isn’t.You raised them to be strong, independent, and think for themselves, so why are you worried while they’re doing it?
You want to have an authentic, intimate, and loving relationship with them, but why are they always too busy, distant, or disinterested? Does it seem like they’re taking so much longer to grow up than you did that you wonder if they ever will? Are you trying to cope with fallout from their troubled past? Reeling from current difficulties in their lives? Still trying to solve those problems for them or taking responsibility for their actions? Concern over grown kids who are failing to thrive is a major cause stress in midlife parents!
Successful Post-Parenting will help you:
Understand the nature and context of emerging adulthood as your kids journey toward mature independence.
Establish the roles, rules and boundaries of your changed relationship with them.
Recognize the reality of who they are now, not who they were then.
Free you both from the burden of your disappointments
Liberate you and your adult children to get on with your lives and support each other in your quest for happiness.
There are three parts to this workshop, each one focusing on a different aspect of Post-Parenthood:
1) Emerging Adulthood or Extended Adolescence? Putting Their Generation in Context.
2) Creating a Relationship With Them for a Lifetime
3) Letting Go Of Their Problems Without Letting Go Of Them
Each participant receives a workbook for interactive use during and after the workshop, which is geared to community groups, hospital outreach programs, church and synagogue organizations, health forums, and others focusing on family issues.
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