Young Adults
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What Do You Give a Graduate Who Needs More Than a Celebration?
There is a particular kind of worry that settles into a parent somewhere around graduation season — not the kind you talk about at the party, but the kind that finds you in the kitchen at night, long after the dishes are done, thinking about your child and what comes next for them. You have watched them grow up. You have watched them struggle and push through and figure things out, sometimes with your help and sometimes very much without it, the way kids have to when they are becoming their own person. And now they are standing at the edge of something enormous, and you are proud — genuinely,…
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Because You Can’t Walk Beside Them Anymore
While you’re out shopping for dorm room supplies, there’s something else nagging you behind the anticipation of their new adventure. Yes, you’re full of excitement and joy for their new adventure, but you’re fearful of the heavy isolation of the world might find them first. You remember every prayer you’ve whispered over them since they were small, and all you can do now is hope that it was enough. But here’s the thing you can’t and shouldn’t let go of: One in three, they say, that 1 in 3 young adults inevitably face frequent, high levels of loneliness. So yeah, despite the new adventure that awaits them, despite all the…
