Oct 22, 2026 · 26 min · 8 segments
Every parent wants their teen to become a responsible, independent adult. But could doing too much for your child actually be holding them back? Mark and Wayne discuss why preparing teens for…
Anything like when my mother used to say, it's time to straighten up and fly right? Anything similar to that, Mark?
You know, I haven't met a set of parents yet anywhere that desire to have a 25-year-old clown on a couch playing video games, not having a job and not doing anything to change that scenario.
But many parents find themselves in that position wishing they would have done something different years before they ever get to that point.
So one of our jobs as a parent is is to prepare our teens to move into adulthood.
And we have the choice to either raise our kids to live in a zoo or prepare them to survive in the jungle.
This process of helping a teen become less dependent on mom and dad and more dependent on their own efforts is a process that's got to start early on in the middle of a child's teen years.
And Mark will also talk with Eli as he's joined by Courtney LaFleur for that interview coming up as a part of our program today.
In these days, it is common to see young people live at home longer, isn't it, Mark?
I mean, it's so hard to get an apartment and everything, and there's not a problem with that.
As long as somebody's going to school, working, you know, I mean, involved, following the rules.
I mean, all those things are so important, not just sitting around doing nothing.
You don't want kids to just sit around and do nothing and just, you know, basically just live under mom and dad, you know, as they just let time fly by.
Anything like when my mother used to say, it's time to straighten up and fly right? Anything similar to that, Mark?
You know, I haven't met a set of parents yet anywhere that desire to have a 25-year-old clown on a couch playing video games, not having a job and not doing anything to change that scenario.
But many parents find themselves in that position wishing they would have done something different years before they ever get to that point.
So one of our jobs as a parent is is to prepare our teens to move into adulthood.
And we have the choice to either raise our kids to live in a zoo or prepare them to survive in the jungle.
This process of helping a teen become less dependent on mom and dad and more dependent on their own efforts is a process that's got to start early on in the middle of a child's teen years.
And Mark will also talk with Eli as he's joined by Courtney LaFleur for that interview coming up as a part of our program today.
In these days, it is common to see young people live at home longer, isn't it, Mark?
I mean, it's so hard to get an apartment and everything, and there's not a problem with that.
As long as somebody's going to school, working, you know, I mean, involved, following the rules.
I mean, all those things are so important, not just sitting around doing nothing.
You don't want kids to just sit around and do nothing and just, you know, basically just live under mom and dad, you know, as they just let time fly by.
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