The Fine Art Of Letting Go Analysis

In “The Fine Art of Letting Go”, the coauthors Kantrovitz and Tyre describe and examine the letting go process of parents as they allow their children to progress forward in their educational opportunities in college and life. Naturally, parents have a difficult time leaving their children to confront new challenges and experiences alone. The authors write, “One minute, there’s an adorable, helpless bundle in your arms. Then, eighteen years go by in a flash…” (126) and they also write that: “Some boomer parents hang on, propelled by love and insecurity about how the world will treat their children.” (127). It is so difficult for parents to let go because that is their child that they have taken care of and spent their lives guiding, helping,