Quick Summary for Parents

If you love your teen or young adult but feel like you don’t know how to reach them anymore, you’re not alone. A life coach for parents  helps you rebuild connection, confidence, and influence — not by fixing your child, but by strengthening how you show up as a parent and leader in your family.

If you’re a parent of a teen or young adult, there’s a quiet fear many parents carry but rarely say out loud:

“I love my kid… but I don’t know how to reach them anymore.”

Maybe your son or daughter feels stuck, unmotivated, anxious, or disconnected from their purpose.
Maybe the tools that worked when they were younger — encouragement, advice, consequences, structure — just don’t land anymore.
And maybe you’re watching them struggle while feeling helpless, scared, or worried you’re somehow “messing it all up.”

You’re not alone.
And more importantly — you’re not failing.

This is one of the most common reasons parents seek out parent life coaching  and life coaching for parents  — not because they don’t love their child, but because they care deeply and want to show up in a way that actually helps.

The Hidden Pain Parents of Teens and Young Adults Carry

Parents often come to us saying:

• “My teen is unmotivated and I don’t know how to help.”

• “My young adult is anxious and stuck — I’m scared for their future.”

• “Nothing I say seems to get through anymore.”

• “I’m trying to support them, but everything turns into tension or conflict.”

What’s really happening underneath:

• You feel helpless watching your child struggle

• You feel afraid you’re saying the wrong thing

• You feel grief over the relationship shifting

• You feel pressure to fix something you can’t control

This emotional load is heavy — and it’s exactly why life coaching for parents  exists.

Why “Helping” Your Teen or Young Adult Often Backfires

One of the biggest mindset shifts in effective parent life coaching  is this:

What feels like helping often turns into nagging, rescuing, or enabling.

From your child’s perspective, it can sound like:

• “You don’t believe in me.”

• “You think I’m failing.”

• “You don’t trust me to figure this out.”

From your perspective, it feels like love.
From their perspective, it can feel like pressure.

This is the painful gap many parents feel stuck in — loving deeply but not knowing how to reach their teen or young adult anymore.

What Actually Rebuilds Influence With Teens & Young Adults

Here’s the truth most parents don’t hear:

👉 You don’t rebuild influence by trying harder to change your child.
You rebuild influence by changing how you show up.

This is a core principle of the Extraordinary Purpose parent life coaching program :

When parents focus on what they can control and influence —
their passions, purpose, emotional regulation, leadership, and lifestyle — something powerful happens:

• Your presence changes

• Your energy shifts

• Your communication softens and strengthens at the same time

And your child feels that difference.

Not because you’re controlling them —
but because you’re modeling what it looks like to live with clarity, confidence, and direction.

How Parent Coaching Helps You Support Without Nagging or Rescuing

In our work with parents of teens and young adults, we help parents learn:

• How to communicate in a way their teen or young adult can actually hear

• How to set boundaries without power struggles

• How to support growth without rescuing or enabling

• How to rebuild trust, connection, and emotional safety

• How to lead your family with calm confidence instead of fear

This is the heart of life coaching for parents  — not fixing your child, but becoming the strongest version of yourself as a parent and leader of your family.

The Shift That Changes Everything: From Control to Influence

Many parents come in saying:

“I just want to help my kid get motivated, confident, and on track.”

What we gently guide them toward is:

“Let’s focus on who you are becoming as a parent — because that’s what influences your child long-term.”

When parents reconnect to:

• Their own purpose

• Their own passions

• Their own personal growth

• Their own emotional awareness and leadership

They stop feeling powerless.
They start feeling grounded.
And their kids feel the shift — often without a single lecture.

This is how influence is rebuilt.

Why Parents Choose Extraordinary Purpose for Parent Life Coaching

At Extraordinary Purpose, our life coaching for parents  is grounded in one core belief:

Strong parents create strong families — not through control, but through leadership, presence, and purpose.

Our parent coaching approach is unique because:

• Erin coaches moms and Chris coaches dads — helping parents feel deeply understood and supported

• We focus on the parent first, knowing that healthy parents create healthier family dynamics

• We help parents build clarity, confidence, and alignment in their own lives

• We support families in creating a shared culture rooted in purpose, connection, and growth

Parents don’t come to us because something is “wrong” with them.
They come because they care enough to grow.

Supporting Teens and Young Adults Starts With Supporting Parents

When parents grow, teens grow.
When parents lead with clarity, teens feel safer finding their own direction.

If you’re also looking for direct support for your child, explore our life coaching for teens  and life coaching for young adults  — both are designed to complement and strengthen the work parents are doing at home.

This integrated family approach is what creates lasting change.

A Simple First Step You Can Take This Week

Before trying to change anything about your child, ask yourself:

“How am I showing up right now — fearful, frustrated, or grounded and intentional?”

Then choose one small way to invest in yourself this week:

• A quiet walk

• Writing down what you want your family culture to stand for

• Having a conversation with your partner about the kind of parents you want to be

Your growth is not selfish.
It’s leadership.

Ready to Feel More Confident as a Parent Again?

If you’re tired of feeling stuck, worried, or unsure how to support your teen or young adult —
and you want guidance, clarity, and real support for you as a parent…

Our Extraordinary Purpose Parent Life Coaching Program  helps parents:

• Rebuild trust and connection

• Lead their family with confidence

• Feel grounded instead of helpless

• Create a family culture rooted in purpose, growth, and emotional strength

👉 Book a Parent Discovery Call 
Let’s talk about what you’re navigating — and how we can support you as you support your family.