Parenting for Adulthood: Empowering Communities

I have chased all the wrong things.  For more years than I can believe, I thought I was on my own.   I thought I was the strong one.  I thought my successes were all a result of my work, ingenuity and cunningness.  

Money and personal recognition was what drove me.  I gained wealth.  Far more money than I needed.  I labeled that wealth as success.  The more money, the more success.  I wanted to be recognized as a successful man.  In every vocational and advocational endeavor I was relentless to be recognized as one of the best.  

Thankfully God never gave up on me.  In mid-2004 I lost 90% of my retirement savings.  I lost my ski condo in Salt Lake City.  I had credit card debt that was more than $25,000.  All of this because I chased an idea.  An idea that I eventually got venture capital for.  And my poor decision on venture capital partners resulted in all the losses mentioned above.  

Thankfully I didn't lose my house, or my wife.  I did however fall into a  I CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN, mindset.  I thought I could do it again.  Only to find out more lessons than I cared to face.  Mild depression and feeling sorry for myself added to the mix.  Pushing everyone away from me so I could concentrate on me.  

It wasn't until 2016 that I found Jesus.  I was taken by surprise when a friend took me to their church.  I felt as if the Pastor had been talking to me.  As so many do when God has prepared them for that very moment,  I wanted more.  And as you would expect, my life began to change as I traveled on this journey.  

I was baptized in August 2021.  Shortly thereafter I started down a path that I now see God had been preparing me for.  I started volunteering as a pastoral counselor for my church.  My specialty ended up being couples counseling.  The joy I get helping marriages get back on track is indescribable.  I could see how circumstances I had lived through gave me empathy, and knowledge, that my counseling clients needed.  But God's plan, I believe, was not yet finished.

In 1999 I began researching how our young adults had grown to be so unprepared for adulthood.  I found Ph.D.'s and MDs had be doing research and writing books on this from the mid 90's.  As I read through the books published, I began to see a need not being addressed.  All of the collective research needed to be combined and provided to young parents.  The value of all this research could provide the foundation for their children to be better prepared for adulthood.  

In January 2024 Parenting For Adulthood was launched.  Working exclusively through churches, I present the GOLD from every researcher I find.  I combine their materials to help parents understand how we got here generationally, and how to reverse the trend. 

Along the way, the children are also introduced to superb communication skills they see their parents use between themselves and with the children.  Tools they will take forward into their work, social life and, MOST IMORTANTLY, their marriages.  From there, the cycle their parents started will be renewed into their new family.  

I truly believe this task has been called upon me by God.  I hope you have a better understanding of me, and how we can work together to better prepared God's children.  

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