Just Ask Georgia: 10/1/2025

GEORGIA, I have a question,

My child (20) seems to be spiraling lately. She’s constantly on the go and doesn’t want to “just sit around at home.” She takes online college classes and works full-time, and recently told me she’s saving to move out.

The change has been drastic. She went from being home most of the time to hardly ever being around. If she’s not at work, she’s staying with friends I’ve never met or heard of in a nearby college town, or out on a date with her steady boyfriend. When I ask simple questions, like why she doesn’t tell me where she’s going anymore, I get defensiveness, w...