Adolescence trial independence

When the older adolescent moves out on his or her own during trial independence, he or she begins the separation from home (around ages eighteen to twenty-three). 

When a collapsed adolescence occurs, the only child s period of trial independence is frequently protracted. In this case, parents may have to extend their active role several years beyond what they might normally expecteven into their son or daughter s mid-twenties. Such an eventuality is perfectly okay because there is no official timetable for growing up that must be met. 

This Key explores several emotional receptors built into the larger phases of adolescence. The four following Keys look more closely at additional receptors specific to each stage of adolescenceEarly Adolescence, Mid-Adolescence, Late Adolescence, and Trial Independence. 

All of which is okay, because about 60 percent readiness for independence is about the best parents can hope for. The late adolescent has to pick up the balance from the Big RRealitythrough the trial-and-error learning that opportunity and adversity provide. If parents and the late adolescent wait to separate until he or she is entirely ready for independence, separation will never begin. For the young man or young woman, the courage of late adolescence is to... 

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