Launching Your Teen into Adulthood: Parenting through the Transition 
By Patricia Hoolihan

NEW PARENT RESOURCE PROVIDES CLARITY IN
THE UNFAMILIAR JOURNEY FROM TEEN TO ADULT

The transition from teenager to adult is often an emotional and exciting roller coaster ride filled with tough choices and new responsibilities. For parents, this is a time of great uncertainty, worry, and reflection. Helping your child prepare for life after high school is a process filled with conversations, empowerment, and trust.

Launching Your Teen into Adulthood: Parenting through the Transition (Search Institute Press, December 2009), by seasoned author Patricia Hoolihan, is an essential resource for parents of teens. Unlike other publications, Launching Your Teen addresses the emotions and uncertainty experienced by both the parent and child, as well as topical how-to advice. Hoolihan assembles a mosaic of hope with her expressions, anecdotes, and personal struggles as a parent.

Preparing a child for his or her life after high school is one of the toughest things a parent will ever do. Whether your child is going to college or working, joining the military or volunteering abroad, staying at home or living alone, Launching Your Teen will help.

With sound advice and much needed answers, Launching Your Teen into Adulthood will empower parents to help their teens take flight.  Launching Your Teen addresses topics such as: 

• Deciding whether or not college is the next step
• Preparing for the workplace
• Dealing with money
• Living independently
• Making safe choices
• Handling changing relationships
• Developing a mindset for success

Each chapter builds confidence and reassurance for parents and teens as they embark on life after high school. Launching Your Teen into Adulthood is the perfect guide to help parents and teens prepare for and succeed in this important life transition.

Patricia Hoolihan is a writing instructor at Metropolitan State University. She is the author of four books, including A Moment's Peace for Teens: 365 Rejuvenating Reflections, and Teen Girls Only: Daily thoughts for Teenage Girls. She lives in Minneapolis, MN. Visit Independent Publishers Group's website at www.ipgbook.com.

Search Institute Press is the publishing division of Search Institute^®, an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. To accomplish this mission, the institute conducts research, communicates new knowledge, and brings together community, state, and national leaders. For more information, visit www.search-institute.org.