Episode 173: The Young Adult Years - Stage 5 - Who They Are

Raising Boys & Girls

That Sounds Fun Network

Parenting, Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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We are SO excited about this podcast episode and the next few weeks in our Raising Boys and Girls series. We are talking about Stage 5, college-age and young adult children, which we have NEVER talked about on a podcast or in our parenting classes. So, you parents of big kiddos, listen in because we’re so excited to talk about what we can do to love and launch these young adults in our lives. For a deeper dive, we've now got the Ages and Stages Discussion Guides up on our website - with Try it Out sections and devotionals for each day of the week. Go to raisingboysandgirls.com/shop and scroll down to the bottom! . . . . . David's book Wild Things breaks down each stage of a boys' development and Sissy's book, written with Melissa, Raising Girls discusses the stages of girls. Sign up to receive the monthly newsletter to keep up to date with where David and Sissy are speaking, where they are taco'ing, PLUS conversation starters for you and your family to share! Go behind the scenes and watch our podcast on YouTube! Download a copy of the Raising Boys and Girls Feelings Chart. Connect with David, Sissy, and Melissa at raisingboysandgirls.com. . . . . . If you would like to partner with Raising Boys and Girls as a podcast sponsor, fill out our Advertise with us form. . . . . . A special thank you to our sponsors: LMNT: Right now LMNT is offering a free sample pack with any purchase. Get yours at DrinkLMNT.com/RBG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.0	Hey friends. Welcome to the Raising Boys and Girls Podcast. I'm Cissy Gough. And I'm David Thomas.
0:15.0	And I'm Melissa Travathon.
0:17.0	And we're so glad you joined us for this conversation.
0:20.0	Let's dive in.
0:30.0	Hey David Thomas. Hey, Sissy Gough!
0:32.0	I am so excited about this episode. I am too. We don't usually
0:37.3	get to have this conversation about kids in this stage of development together.
0:42.1	You're exactly right, but before we started, as we're thinking
0:46.4	about who they are in stage five, I want you to tell one story about yourself from this window of development. I want to hear something about you.
0:55.6	Okay, I'm going to tell a story about my junior year in college, which will be such a
1:01.7	picture of some of what I'm about to say about boys over the
1:04.8	course of today in our next episode and that is that I had been dating a girl for
1:10.5	two and a half years that I was crazy about and convinced that I was, she was
1:15.8	the one. And we broke up junior year first semester and I tanked. I really tanked. Like I didn't just tanked
1:27.2	emotionally I tanked academically as well. I had... Which might be an indicator of what happens for boys. Absolutely. I have seen
1:38.3	the two things that I see Tank a boy in adolescence the quickest is an injury in a sport that he loves and a breakup with a girlfriend he loves.
1:50.3	Those are two things that I see really Tank a boy and there I was smack dab in the middle of it myself
1:55.0	Yes, and I mean the worst I had ever done in school in my entire career from
2:00.9	kindergarten on. Wow.
2:03.0	And was all kinds of worried about going home for Christmas
2:06.0	and having to talk with my parents about my grades
2:08.0	and went home so
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