I want to wish all of my listeners happy holidays and a joyous and healthy new year!

We love our children, but at some point they have to leave the nest and start facing life’s challenges on their own. So how can we make sure that we are raising resilient, self-reliant kids who will be able to successfully launch into adulthood? In today’s show, we’ll get plenty of concrete suggestions for things we can do with our children at each stage of their development from our wonderful guest, Dr. Debra Gilboa. Dr. G, as she is known to her fans worldwide, is the author of Teach Resilience – Raising Kids Who Can Launch and a parenting expert who can be found sharing her wisdom at askdoctorg.com.