Basic Principles On Failure To Launch Syndrome

By Diane Schmidt


Most young adults today strain to get financial stability on their own because they are so much used to getting help from their guardians from the time they are born. One may argue that parents have forgotten, or rather failed, to appreciate the good old way of raising up children to become independent. They would rather pamper their kids, predisposing them to failure to launch syndrome when mature and have to start a life of their own.

Ironically, the syndrome happens to be rampant among individuals who have been born in very stable backgrounds. However, when one looks further into how their parents were brought up, something totally different comes up. In most cases, parents who have grown under difficult circumstances tend to work harder to provide a better life for their children in future. They want their children to have the life they never had growing up.

While the new-age children in well to do families may never know what it means to struggle for survival, parents should make it their responsibility to make their children realize that not everyone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth. They should make their children know about the struggles they had to go through to reach the point of success. This can be used as motivation to young adults to make them put an effort into launching their own successful mission in life.

The pressure of young adult life somehow make it hard for them to settle down easily. These young people may be trying to meet expectations of their parents and society at large. As selfless as this may be, victims ultimately suffer for failing to consider what they really want for themselves. Parents and society aside, young people sometimes become too impatient with their set goals, expecting positive results in the spur of the moment. When this does not happen, they become disappointed and go two steps further from their goal.

The society largely contributes to the failure to launch phenomenon among young adults because of the pressure meted upon them. Young people may go to extreme levels taking up roles and careers not suited for them just to keep the prestigious positions for the sake of society. For instance, someone may be very passionate about art but instead pursue medicine as a career because they have been asked to do so.

As mentioned earlier, peer pressure can influence young adults to take the wrong path to success. People need to choose their friends wisely because they can so easily be led into a pit. One should look out for friends who spend their time being productive and at the same time having reasonable fun; people who are willing to accept and correct your mistakes without having to pass judgment.

Dependency on parents is also the result of making poor decisions as a young adult. Such decisions could be in form of career choice, caving in to peer pressure and so forth. It is important, therefore, for young adults to have a firm resolve regarding what path they wish to take in life and spend time building this dream instead of wasting time to please another person.

The importance of making your own decisions career-wise cannot be overemphasized. This does not mean that one should totally disregard the counsel of elders. In fact, young individuals can invest in role models to guide them as they struggle to achieve something for themselves and their future generations.




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