Parenting After Empty Nest?

I ate two meals with College Boy today.

We talked about goal setting and list making.

Watching adult children be...adult children is interesting.

To say the least.

When your children leave the nest you get a chance to observe.

What things they have gleaned from home.

And what they HAVE NOT. (yet)

lol

When I entered said College Boy's room to get him a shirt tonight,

I thought to myself,

"he is going to be an engineer and does not know

how to close a dresser drawer." ~hmmmm

Back to "list making"...

I have observed College Boy has become used to staying

up until wee hours of the morning and then sleeeeeeeeeeping in

until. late.

Mom of College Boy thinks to herself,

"It's not good for boy to be lazy. He needs to make goals."

Mom makes goals and writes them down.

Dad makes goals and verbalizes them to Mom.

College Boy needs to learn to make goals so he prioritizes time

and makes wise decisions.

He says, "It was New Year, Mom."

Yes....it was, but now you have one week left of vacation.

What will you do with it?

So a list he makes and worked on it all day.

Mom thinks College Boy is feeling quite satisfied!

(So is College Boy's mom!)