Moms With Dreams Show

In episode 109, I’m talking about how moms have to learn how to let go of our children regardless of if we want to or not. One thing that I know for sure is that our babies are born completely dependent on us. Then they grow up and eventually become independent. How do you let go when your teenagers are more interested in hanging out with their friends than the family? How do you react when your college freshman asks if s/he can stay at school or go with a friend’s family for the holidays? How do you pull back the reigns and gently advise your teenager when you’ve been so used to laying down rules and regulations? What’s the fine line between giving them some freedom and becoming too lenient? How do you’ land the helicopter’ after so many years of hovering over your children? What do you do now that you have more free time on your hands? Letting go isn’t easy – not even for the most tenured moms – so there are no simple answers to these questions. In preparation for this episode, I spoke to women with adult c