In the preceding decades, the timeliness with which young adults experience transitions to adulthood has been altered. Young adults now take more time to complete adult milestones such as leaving the family home and starting a family. Overarching structural changes in the economic and sociopolitical landscape that began taking shape in the 1970s have taken much of the credit for this change. However, research has revealed that changing young adult perspectives on their own “readiness” to become adults now influences their decisions to engage in these transitions. Coinciding with this paradigm shift is the rise of intensive parenting – a practice that involves sometimes excessive monitoring and autonomy restriction. Taking into account the role that parents play in “readying” their children for independent living and major decision-making, the impact of granted autonomy on transition timing is evaluated. Avoidance is considered as a mediator.