Psychology Today | 31.01.2026 08:36
I often have parents contact me about their children, saying something like, "Why can't they move forward?" "I know they're smart", "We have been trying to give them opportunities". What these parents don't realize is that today's failure to launch is not always behavioral in nature. It can be due to cognitive constipation (bear with me on the Gastrointestinal metaphor; I am trying to make a point).
