Would you go as far as to call your child's boss if your son or daughter had an issue at work? How about making doctor appointments for your grown son or daughter. And do you give them a wake up call to make sure they get to work or class on time?
More parents these days according to a new poll by the New York Times and Morning Consult continue to handle things for their children when they become adults. Dr. Michelle Moore Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine calls this problematic.
"You need to empower your children," Moore said. "You need to encourage them to make these choices on their own and the more you can do it for them, the more they are going to depend on you."
Parents need to trust that they raised their children with all the good values and taught them how to make good choices as children so that they would be able to do this when they get to the point of adulthood.
"Child adults aren't learning how to handle situations on their own," Moore goes on to say.
She says parents simply need to let go.
"In order to let their adult children learn from the mistakes they make," Moore said.