Baby Adulthood: This is the good part

with Carrie Contey, PhD

Your person is growing.
Your role is changing.
Your relationship is evolving.
Let’s spend two hours exploring it all.

Live April 24th on Zoom 12p ET
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This is the part where the relationship grows up too.


Your young person is embarking on adulthood.
You are entering a new phase of parenthood.
And the relationship between you has the chance to become something new — not a relationship of managing and directing, but a relationship of knowing each other and walking beside each other into and through adulthood.

But almost no one tells parents how to do this part.
How to give them more space, but still be there for them.
How to talk about money, work, and real life in a new way.
How your role changes when you are no longer in charge of their day-to-day.
And maybe most importantly,
How to build an adult relationship with someone you love this much.

I call this stage Baby Adulthood.
And I believe this can be one of the most meaningful seasons of family life for all of you.


And with the right perspective and a few good tools, this can become a really good part.

That is what this workshop is about.

In this workshop we'll explore:

  • What “Baby Adulthood” actually is and why this stage can feel so confusing.

  • What’s still changing and growing in your young person during these years.

  • How to help young people learn about themselves before making very big decisions.

  • How to move from manager → consultant → supporter.

  • How to talk about the big stuff of life in real, honest and meaningful ways.

  • How to stay connected while also letting them grow up.

  • Why knowing yourself is your most valuable work in this phase of life.

You’ll leave with more clarity about your role, more compassion for what this stage is actually like for them, and a clearer sense of how to walk beside them, without taking over, and without stepping away.

The Details

Date: Friday, April 24th, 2026
Time: 12p-2p EDT
Location: Zoom
Investment: $75

Can’t attend live? The recording will be available.

What's Included

✔️ The live 2-hour workshop on Zoom (with time for questions)

✔️ Access to the recording

✔️ Baby Adulthood: This Is The Good Part — a guide for parents

✔️Already On Your Way — a guide written directly for the young people themselves

Walk beside them as they become themselves

Almost no one teaches us how to navigate the years after high school — not for the young people living through it, and not for the parents loving them through it.

But this stage matters enormously. It is where young people begin to find out who they actually are. Where they start making choices that will shape the next decade of their lives. Where they need — more than almost anything else — to feel trusted, accompanied, and believed in.

And it is where parents get to discover something remarkable. That the relationship they have been building for eighteen or twenty or twenty-two years is not ending. It is becoming something new. Something adult. Something chosen.

You are no longer raising a child. You are now in a relationship with another adult human being who you had the privilege of watching grow. Come spend two hours with me talking about how to make this the really good part.
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A note from Carrie

I've spent more than 25 years studying human development and working with parents and families. Over and over again, I've watched parents do a beautiful job raising their children and then feel a little lost when those children become young adults.

The rules change. The role changes. The relationship has to change too. And almost no one teaches us how to do this part.

This stage — the years after high school — is what I call Baby Adulthood. Young people are legally adults, but they are still very much in the process of becoming themselves. This is a time when they need support, space, guidance, and trust — all at the same time. And that's not always easy to navigate as a parent.

I created this workshop to help parents understand this stage and find their footing in this new chapter of the relationship.

This really can be a good part. I'd love to spend this time with you.

Warmly, Carrie

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Baby Adulthood

This is the good part