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Randi joins imy wax group11/30/2023 ![]() There are a variety of options available now to young adults that can allow them to change their journey. So how to help change the trajectory of confusion, despair and general malaise? This piece is the most painful to observe and feel from them as they talk about their missing hopes and dreams. They express anxiety, depression, and fear that they will not make progress toward adulthood, losing hope that anything will change. We recognize they feel "in-between" and not quite the adult they wish they were. The young adults that our office sees today start at age 18 up to the age of 35. These kids need an environment that can provide them with extra hand holding while they attend school. They have a hard time leaving the comforts of home. Another group of young adults have the academic ability to succeed in school, but they have a fear of flying due to either high anxiety or depression. It is also critical for these young adults to develop the skills to take care of themselves and be independent adults. These kids still need to gain experiential learning in order to attain some type of job. Other young adults who are not academically inclined may not be college bound at all. How will these children gain the experience to figure out what they want to do with their lives? Unfortunately, none of these young adults are getting the opportunity to learn life skills or gaining any sense of independence that normally happens during this life stage. Then of course some students are at college and socializing as if there wasn’t a pandemic going on, and subsequently are asked to leave school because they are not following protocol. Other students are attending college, but are spending most of their time in their rooms, not socializing with peers and not gaining the full college experience. Some students are choosing to stay at home and take online classes through a community college in order to reduce the risk of Covid-19 and also reduce expenses. College is no longer a place for safety and stability. Most young adults are trying to decide what to do about college right now. Instead of the “age of exploring” one’s identity it has become the “age of instability.” The lack of self-identity continues to be hidden inside the immature, and confused young adult. The late teens and early twenties has become a time of immense job instability questioning of a college and graduate education and postponement of commitment and marriage. We saw it coming over the last decade, and it has finally arrived. Their teenage years directly formed the structure of their adult lives. Years ago, young adults more naturally progressed into stable adult roles in love, education, and work by their late teens and early twenties. There is a lot of chaos facing our young adults right now and many of them don’t know which way to turn. ![]()
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