Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults - Hardcover

Heffernan, Lisa; Harrington, Mary Dell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250188946 ISBN 13: 9781250188946

Publisher: Flatiron Books, 2019

Synopsis

PARENTING NEVER ENDS.

From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood

The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart?

Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide.

Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to―and through―high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic―such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life―it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars.

Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.

About this title

About the Authors

Lisa Heffernan, a cofounder of Grown and Flown, is a writer, mom, and friend to Mary Dell Harrington. The pair began Grown and Flown when each of their youngest kids were in high school and their oldest kids were in college. It has become the #1 site for parents with teens and college students, reaching millions of parents every month. In her past incarnations, Lisa had a career that included Wall Street, politics, and writing, and is a New York Times bestselling author of three books, including Goldman Sachs: The Culture of Success. She lives with her husband in the New York area, where they raised their family.

Mary Dell Harrington, a cofounder of Grown and Flown, is a writer, mom, and friend to Lisa Heffernan. The pair began Grown and Flown when each of their youngest kids were in high school and their oldest kids were in college. It has become the #1 site for parents with teens and college students, reaching millions of parents every month. In her past incarnations, Mary Dell worked in television and media. She lives with her husband in the New York area, where they raised their family.

Edition details

• Publisher: Flatiron Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250188946
• ISBN 13: 9781250188946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368