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Yeah, today’s the day to actually take all those donation bags to Goodwill. Seriously, get them out of your house and car! Day 21: Clean out social media. It was a combination of unapologetically being yourself – the “authenticity” that’s such a buzzword now, especially if you’re Prince Harry - and faking it ’til you make it. Basically, what a generation that had been thirsty for relatable role models wanted to hear. This was the moment when being a millennial became cultural catnip. Lena Dunham’s Girls had recently launched and, like Brown’s book, was for millennials by a millennial and showed a group of millennials taking their first confusing steps into adulthood and working out who they were in the world (albeit an overwhelmingly white world). It was also the year of Frances Ha, starring Greta Gerwig as a 20-something mess, trying to navigate her professional dreams and crumbling friendships, and edge a little closer to adulthood while doing it. Also, we’d just found out that Dan Humphries was Gossip Girl.
Teach teens to write out their schedules - Make sure they know to include key information like times, dates, and places. Kids these days don't have to learn the art of scheduling; they are told where to be and when by their parents, their friends over text, and the almighty Google calendar. When they waltz into the real world, mastering schedules will become essential to their success. Get your teens and adult children to take accountability for themselves. Nobody likes bed bugs or a nasty gal * or maybe we do? I can’t keep up with is nasty girl a good thing or bad thing these days?* Anyway, just clean your sheets. Especially if you’ve been breaking out on your face, it’s probably a sign your pillow case needs to be washed!Because of the Great Recession, life has never been more expensive. Getting an education and setting forth on a career path is not cheap. Young adults often struggle to create financial stability entering the real world. Besides being at the mercy of the inflated economy, it is hard to grind it out day after day when one can basically live with mom and dad for free. Parents often think that providing a financial safety net is a gift to their older children, but in many ways, it is a hindrance. Why go for something when it can be handed to you with little effort on your part? Part of adulting is finding your voice! Stand up for yourself today. We all have that running tape, that voice inside, that’s talking to us all day. You know the one who says you shouldn’t have said that or done that or you should have said or done things differently. Well today is the day to be bold. To speak out loud. To advocate for yourself. Whether it’s with that inner voice and telling it to pipe down, or standing up for yourself at work or in another relationship. Looking for some ideas? How about dropping one of these harmful communication tactics. Day 29: Try a new wellness trend.
On the flip side, success is always around the corner. Kids who grow up thinking that true success is unattainable are more likely to shy away from it. Another failure? It's almost too much to bear. There are a few strategies that parents can use to prepare their older children for the workforce. Adulting is hard,” says Bellaire. “The adulting mindset is acting like an independent person and proactively managing your responsibilities (financial and otherwise) on your own. It also means taking care of yourself—maintaining a clean apartment, going to the dentist, meal prepping, doing laundry, going to bed early—the things we all associate with being an adult.” Morin suggests that parents consider sharing with their growing children the financial hurdles and burdens of life rather than hiding them. It is an instinct to want to shelter children from the adult stressors in the world, but discussing budgeting and finances in their presence can be quite helpful to this aspect of their development. Having money conversations with older children present does several helpful things.
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That’s a lot of added challenges in the phase of life that scholars such as Jeffrey Jensen Arnett have labeled ‘Emerging Adulthood.’ Create routines in your home - Routines will change, but the basic theory behind them will stay with children well into adult years.
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