Providing solutions and guidance for overwhelmed parents of pre-adult teens.

Parenting a teenager is no easy task. By the time our kids hit 17, most of us have dealt with disrespect, rebellion, power struggles, arrogance, a false sense of entitlement, and worse. It can be a very trying time in which the parent and child relationship may hit an all-time low. As a parent you may be left feeling angry, hurt, defeated, and hopeless. At the very least you are scratching your head wondering what on earth happened.

And it gets worse! In one short year, by legal definition, this child magically becomes an adult. Is your child really ready to be an adult? How can you prepare your teenager to successfully navigate the challenges and responsibilities of adulthood, particularly if your relationship has become strained? Even if you are one of the fortunate few who have passed through the teen years relatively unscathed, do you look at your teen and see someone who is equipped to become successfully independent of you?

Do you:

• Find your kids use you as an ATM without any appreciation or awareness of how money gets there and what you do to provide for them?
• Have a teenager who is skating by in school?
• Have a teenager who describes you as: nagging, overbearing, intrusive, lacking trust, no faith, treats me like a baby?
• Use any of these words to describe your teenager: defiant, lazy, argumentative, ungrateful, immature, irresponsible?
• Fight with your teenager over chores, rules, and expectations?
• Find that your well-meaning advice falls on deaf ears?

The 17 Going on Adult program is about seizing your final opportunity to empower your teenager with the skills needed for a successful launch into adulthood. Most importantly, you will reconnect with your teenager and begin enriching your relationship from a place of mutual respect.

17 Going on Adult is for every parent and high school senior. Why? Because in a year, starting with graduation, someone is moving on!