Parent Coaching for Parents of Teens & Young Adults
When the landscape of growing up has changed—and old parenting strategies no longer work
If you’re parenting a teen or young adult who looks capable in some areas and stuck in others, you’re not imagining things.
Adolescence and young adulthood don’t look the way they used to. Skills are developing unevenly. Expectations are higher. The path into independence is less clear—and much harder to launch into.
Parent coaching helps you adjust how you support your child so you’re building skills without rescuing, lecturing, or turning your home into a daily battleground.
The developmental landscape has changed—and support needs updating
Today’s teens and young adults are growing up in a world shaped by:
• disrupted developmental “reps”
• a harder, more expensive launch into adulthood
• a 24/7 attention economy
• neurodivergent timelines that don’t follow a straight line
When kids struggle with follow-through, planning, regulation, or motivation, it’s often not about defiance or effort. It’s about missing skills that haven’t been scaffolded yet.
That’s where parent coaching comes in
What we focus on
This work is about scaffolding independence—support that builds skills and shrinks over time.
Not:
• doing things for your child
• endless reminders
• power struggles
• hoping maturity magically appears
But:
• making goals concrete
• identifying the missing step
• supporting the skill (not the task)
• stepping back as capacity grows
In practice, this means parents experience fewer daily blow-ups, clearer expectations, less over-functioning, and more follow-through—without catering and without crushing.
The work is practical, repeatable, and designed to change how your home actually runs.
You Do Not Have to White Knuckle Your Way Through This
Parenting teens can feel isolating, especially when everything seems to set off another argument or shutdown.
You might be wondering:
“Why does everything I say spark a reaction?”
“Am I making things harder without meaning to?”
“How do I help them when they barely want to talk?”
I’ve coached parents through everything from school refusal and overwhelm to blended family tension and the silent treatment. Every family is different, but you do not have to navigate this on your own.
Together, we’ll make a plan that fits your style, your kid(s), and your goals.
If Every Conversation Feels Like a Stand Off, Let’s Change That!
If you want your home to feel less chaotic and conversations to feel less loaded, let’s talk about what is going on and what will make things easier.
You don’t need magic words. You just need real tools that work with your kid. Let’s make things calmer, clearer, and a whole lot less dramatic.