So many people would be well served by reading this book! I see so many people (of all ages) recently talking about the generation gaps and blaming other generations for all of society's problems, and I really appreciated this book's deep dive into how to sort out how we feel about other generations and what their actual experience/responsibility is.

The lived experience of the Silent Generation & Baby Boomers is so vastly different than Gen Z that it's easy to understand why they aren't on the same page about anything and have such extreme world views and priorities. Other people, myself included, as Millennials and GenX, sit in the middle, having some of the same advantages of our boomer parents and also many of the challenges of GenZ. The authors of this book are in the unique position of having counseled older parents and their adult children, and they do a good job of really illustrating just how different the world is now than it was for Boomers, and what that means in terms of adjusted expectations of adulthood. It was really interesting to hear of so many examples of people trying to navigate how much they should be helping their adult children. I'm sure it's frustrating to be an adult having to live with your parents despite working full time, and I'm sure it's equally frustrating for Boomers to be looking at a retirement that should be full of travel and relaxation and instead is full of anxiety about how your children literally can't afford to live. It's really such an unfortunate situation across the board.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this nonfiction title. Unfortunately, what I was expecting it be, it was not. As a parent of an 18 year old son, I was hoping for solid advice and guidance on how to help him navigate the next five years of his life. Entering into adulthood is scary; he's unsure what he wants to be when he grows up. So I was expecting this book to be about just that - how to parent him and help him get through the challenges he will face as a young adult. What I listened too was not helpful at all. If you're looking for a sampling of therapy sessions (and a mentality that everyone should be in therapy), this is the book for you. I found it very repetative and unhelpful. The title to me was very misleading as this book was not about how to parent your child through adulthood, but rather about how to fix all of the issues said child might have. I guess I am fortunate that my son is not struggling in the ways the children in this book are...

This book gave a realistic account of the generational divide between GenX parents and their GenZ offspring. It shares the importance of setting aside biases and stereotypes to leverage separate realities.

Providing support to twenty-something emerging adults trying to cross the chasm to gain independence is more about listening than interjecting unsolicited parental advice or providing solutions. It suggested attempting the “less is more” approach, to avoid micromanaging and erecting too much scaffolding in the growing up and getting out process.

This can be a tumultuous time for both sides and this book included many vignettes that shared family viewpoints during discussions with therapists and checked back in later to gauge if they had made progress or experienced further setbacks.

Psychologists refer to this stage of life as individuation, when young adults are trying to assert their own identity, but in today’s economy it is difficult even with a college degree to easily separate from parental support upon graduation. Struggles with mental health issues, substance addictions, and obsession with electronic devices contribute to the strife of breaking free into a stable sense of self.

This book gave me a lot to ponder, but in my personal unique situation, it is hard to obtain specific answers from this general exploration of the topic. The book mentions that there are pdf resources available for further information, but I didn’t have access to that from the audio version I reviewed.

Thank you @NetGalley and @Macmillan.Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

As a mother of a senior who's about to go to college I needed this book! It definitely made me think and probably helped prepare me for the future