Liftoff

Delayed transition to adulthood, aka failure to launch

Parenting

Permissive, Overbearing Parenting Is Connected to Hikikomori

Reuben Brody LCSWA on April 23, 2024

Parents of children with extreme social withdrawal tend to have mental illnesses and lack awareness and parenting skills. It turns out there is a parenting style that works.

Hikikomori

How Defining the Delay to Adulthood Is Maturing

Reuben Brody LCSWA on April 9, 2024

Young adults are delaying adulthood in greater numbers, but calling them a failure to launch is inaccurate and counterproductive. Is Hikikomori a better term?