Mel Robbins believes that it is essential for parents to stop offering empty reassurance and instead start helping their 20-something children take concrete steps to solve their problems.

“I also see the mistakes I've made of just assuming that they knew exactly what to do to they assuming they knew what the problem was in the first place, assuming that the thing to do was obvious and also offering reassurance because I thought propping them up, oh, it's going to work out.”

Dr. Meg Jay claims that the 20s are the most difficult and defining decade of adulthood, making it the most important time to live intentionally.

“The truth is your 20s are uh the most defining decade of adulthood and also in many ways the most difficult decade in adulthood.”