Hello Parents and Interested Parties!

With the publishing of my book, Failure to Launch: How to Get Your Teens and Young Adults to Independence and in the talks I have given, one question always comes up. I got started in this coaching business almost three years ago when a young man, Justin, was left with me for a weekend by his aunt who then refused to take him back into her home. Only a  year out of high school, Justin had no driver’s license, was new to the area, had only a part time job, and no real plan on how to get on his feet. Within six months of that weekend, I saw to it that  he had the life skills he needed, a driver’s license, full time job, and a place to live on his own. Over time he has even gone to college a bit, moved up in his job to management, and was building a strong social network. He even lost a substantial amount of weight and learned to eat healthy. A true success story. But this isn’t a fairy tale and life never is. People who hear the story want to know where Justin is now. Until recently I was able to recount the facts I just wrote but then along came the economy and a few life lessons.

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