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I'm talking to Dr. Mark McConville, Ph.D., who's the author of Failure to Launch,

why year 20-something hasn't grown up and what to do about it.

He is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio.

As a senior member of the faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland,

he has lectured and taught widely about child development, parenting, and counseling.

He currently lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with his wife and within visiting distance of his two children and seven grandchildren.

Welcome, Dr. McCannville to moms don't have time to read books. That's so disappointing to hear. I don't have time to read books. That's so

disappointing to hear that moms don't have time to read books. I'm hoping they do. That's my

whole mission here is to help people get some book content. You're trying to work them into it,

aren't you? Yes, I'm trying. Especially with books like yours, failure to launch, why your 20-something

hasn't grown up and what to do about it.

So can you tell our listeners a little more about what this book is about other than its subtitle?

Well, it's a book for parents, for sure, and specifically parents of kids who are, they're entering emerging adulthood,

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