Slouching Toward Adulthood: How to Let Go So Your Kids Can Grow Up [Paperback]

“The helicopter parent has crashed and burned...Sally Koslow [has] documented a generation so cosseted that they have lost the impetus to grow up or leave home. The over-involved parent has gone from paragon of caring to a figure of fun.”—Lisa Endlich Heffernan, The Atlantic

Parents once dreamed of dropping their prodigies at first-choice colleges and sighing with relief at a job well done. Nowadays, though, mothers and fathers are stressing about whether Jessica or Josh will boomerang back after graduation—and still be there years later.

Why are so many wunderkinds now s-l-o-w-l-y slouching toward adulthood? Panicked after reading that twenty-eight is the new nineteen, Sally Koslow—journalist and mother—searched for answers. Part hard-hitting investigation and part hilarious memoir, Slouching Toward Adulthood is a heartfelt cri de coeur that can help families negotiate life around the unexpectedly crowded dining tables for years to come.Praise for Slouching Toward Adulthood

“Excellent...At last, a serious, well-researched book about raising children which also includes that crucial characteristic every parent needs—a sense of humor.”—USA Today, “Top Summer Nonfiction Pick”

“‘Our offspring have simply leveraged our braggadocio, good intentions, and overinvestment,’ Koslow writes in her new book, Slouching Toward Adulthood. They inhabit ‘a broad savannah of entitlement that we’ve watered, landscaped, and hired gardeners to maintain.’ She recommends letting the grasslands revert to forest: ‘The best way for a lot of us to show our love would be to learn tlå