June is a time of transition for a lot of families. The end of the school year, graduations from one phase of schooling to the next –– endings and beginnings have a way of surfacing the feels.
And no one likes to process endings more than psychoanalysts. So as we’re at the end of the school year, and Rob has a child who just graduated high school — how?! –– we decided to spend some time today talking about endings. Rob shares some wisdom from his son’s head of school, Gillian talks about navigating change for kids and adults in a household, and we break down how the John Denver/Peter, Paul, & Mary classic “Leaving on a Jet Plane” encapsulates the vulnerabilities and fantasies of saying goodbye.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
The way so much of parenting becomes maintenance and banality, interspersed with moments of magic
How the wider community begins to play a bigger developmental role in the transition from little kid to big kid
Navigating adult transitional phases and relationships alongside your kiddos growing
How “Leaving on a Jet Plane” taps into the grief, love, and vulnerability of goodbyes of all kinds
How a child leaving the nest changes the center of gravity for the rest of the family
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