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Parenting inevitably includes assisting children through a series of transitions, including physical, social, and psychological ones. The level of control that parents exert during these transitions varies both within and among different cultures, but generally the process is characterized by a gradual decrease in the amount of responsibility taken by the parent, with it being transferred on the basis of varying indicators of increasing maturity and readiness. Parenting children as they transition through the teenage years and into their early twenties does not require threshold changes. It is best characterized as a seamless process whereby parents continue to tune in to the skills, feelings, and wishes of their increasingly adult children as they encounter and adapt to the various life challenges that accompany that journey. The development of autonomy does not have to occur at the expense of a warm, loving relationship that is reciprocated between parent and offspring. It is expected that the parent/s will have transferred much of the decision-making but will continue to be consulted in discussions about important life events. This chapter examines how parents might be encouraged to adapt the ways they interact with their children after puberty to better promote their child’s health and well-being along a continuum of a developmental trajectory.

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Ralph, A. (2018). Parenting of Adolescents and Emerging Adults. In: Sanders, M., Morawska, A. (eds) Handbook of Parenting and Child Development Across the Lifespan . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94598-9_28

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