In those awkward post-college transition years, most graduates want as much help as they can get. 

Unfortunately, it is not always forthcoming. Finally finishing their education is typically the point at which people have to make the unpleasant adjustment of making it in the so-called real world. It is never easy to realize that it doesn’t get that much easier just because you have a couple of fancy pieces of paper.

As if that wasn’t enough, the expectation that you are at last ready to become a responsible adult trickles down to your family, and that relationship can undergo so uncomfortable changes as a result. It isn’t an unreasonable assumption, as we all have to grow up someday. 

However, the ways in which parents and other family members choose to communicate this new worldview can sometimes hold people back instead of allowing them to prosper. It might be fair that a working individual contributes financially to the household, but they shouldn’t feel like they can’t afford to live their life because of it. There is a balance between encouraging independence and making somebody’s life miserable. A lot of parents do not get it right when it comes to their young adult kids.