This is a great article by Linda Stade on rights of passage and a gradual letting go as two strategies to help our children in year 12 as they leave high school on the way to their next stage in life. They go from having to ask to use the bathroom during class to having to find work and a place to live and it can be daunting for them and us. The article is a great read:
The road to adulthood is smoothest when adults do these two things