LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Building Better Relationships

About LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Building Better Relationships

If you’re a parent of a young adult, are these questions keeping you up at night; How can I become the best parent to my kids? How can I improve my communication with them? How can we connect better? How can I help them to become more confident, resilient and independent? What can I do to motivate them? Why don't they respect me? Why don't they want to hang out with me? If you're searching for these answers, this podcast is for you. I'm Shari Jonas and this is LAUNCH. Where I offer honest, no BS parenting tips that will help you to raise your adult child with confidence (regardless of whether they're living with you or on their own) and become the best parent you can be. I address the most relevant, challenging and deeply personal issues that parents are facing with their young adults. Each episode offers real-life stories, research-based strategies, and no BS advice that will help you to become the parent that your adult child ALWAYS turns to, someone they love to spend time and, someone who will guide them to becoming confident, resilient, independent and capable of thriving in the world. Join me each week as I tell it like it is. No sugar coating. Real talk. Let's face it, parenting can be hard work, especially because we're figuring it out every day. We're learning as we go, and we can always be better. I hope to inspire you, give you the confidence you need to connect with them, and to educate you when you need a little guidance. Sometimes I have amazing guests, other times, it's just me; a Mom of 2 grown kids, who practically raised my children alone. As an educator, author and parenting consultant, I know what it takes to build incredible relationships, while guiding them through life's challenges, and I want to share it all with you. If you're ready to help your young adult overcome obstacles, while becoming the best parent you can be, listen in to LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Becoming Better Parents Remember to Subscribe, so you never miss an episode. You can find me on social media if you want to see snippets of what I believe in and practice. Just look for @sharijonaslifefx on Instagram, TikTok and Youtube. Of course you can email me for questions, consultations or just to say hi! Shari@ParentingFX.com

Publisher

Shari Jonas - Parenting Expert, Family Educator and Author

Category

health & fitness · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

26 Oct 2024

Latest episode

3 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 93 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Oct 2026

   #93: Sticking to the Plan When Your Adult Child Refuses to Change

   Host [Host Name] guides parents through maintaining boundaries when adult children resist change, offering strategies to navigate difficult reactions and foster healthier dynamics.

2. 

   27 Sept 2026

   #92: Rethinking Your Adult Child’s Trauma and Mental Health | Is Therapy Culture Keeping Them Stuck?

   Host Dr. Richard Blake, a British psychologist, PhD, researcher, and author, interviews host about how therapy culture might be hindering adult children's progress and mental health.

3. 

   18 Sept 2026

   #91: Trigger Warning: Will Every "Failing to Launch" Adult Child Launch?

   Host Dr. Meg Meeker interviews Dr. John Delony about navigating the challenges of adult children struggling with independence and motivation.

Inside a recent episode

#90: When Should Parents of Adult Children Stop Being Supportive?

Published 11 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That statement is what landed us on this topic. The word support or what parents are doing is actually backfiring. You know, in fact, talking to enough parents, I'm beginning to see support as synonymous with enabling. Yes, absolutely. Which for me is like another word for disabling, which makes them feel that they aren't capable. Yeah. Are you seeing that in your practice as well? So much and in so many different ways. And like parents are different when. You know, based on how they're maybe enabling bad behavior and they label it as support because it makes them feel like maybe they're doing a better job. […]

Who has been a guest on LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Building Better Relationships

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Richard Blake
• Mark McConville
• Matthew Bowen
• Geoff Owen
• Dr Isabela Granic

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

23 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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