How to Help Your Kids Be Successful as They Leave the House

Elaine: One of the key things to help young people be successful as they leave the house is to understand what's going on in their brains from a place of non-judgment. We all have challenges and our brains are no different, she says. "It's that normalization of everybody's brains has things that they're really great at and things that are harder for them," Elaine adds. The first life skill is really setting your kiddo up to understand what’s going on in my brain; second piece is self direction.