By: Dwight Bain, LMHC, NCC Parenting Launch Sequence - Letting Go of Children so they can Launch as successful Adults Parents are told to give their children "roots and wings " from the time they are born until it is time to leave the nest, some twenty years later. The first part comes easier than the second, which may not come at all for older adolescents these days. Here are a few factors to help you understand why some kids never seem to launch into early success as young adults. Giving a child ‘roots’ is about shared traditions, values, personal accountability to a moral standard of behavior, such as the golden rule or ten commandments, as well as providing a safe and loving home environment. Most parents do their best to care and provide for their kids and try to build these core values into the heart of their children which shows up through their choices in life. When a child clearly understands what they believe...