In this work, clinical psychologist Mary Pipher, best know for her bestselling book REVIVING OPHELIA, draws on her case studies, interviews, and personal anecdotes to document the emotional transitions people may experience as they approach their senior years.
Renowned editor Isay delivers real-life wisdom and advice on how adult children and their parents can stay together without falling apart. Warmth and wit shine through on every page as she charts this often confusing, and at times painful, relationship.
Packed with realistic advice for the parents of today's 14.5 million college and university students, this practical volume sets invaluable guidelines for combining essential involvement with a healthy, helpful respect for a child's independence.
Using many anecdotes from students, teachers, and administrators on the "front lines", this book leads parents through the transitional period from the junior year of high school to the senior year of college. This edition includes all-new sections on campus life, as well as the latest facts on the Internet and its impact on the admissions process ...
In this follow-up to her book "The Power of a Praying Parent," Omartian addresses the areas of concern parents have for their grown children and shares how to lift them up to God.
Thoroughly revised and updated, a popular guide for parents to dealing with their feelings during their children's time away at college advises them about when to encourage their children's independence and when to come to the rescue, covering such issues as academic pressures, and homesickness to a
Do You Have An Aging Parent Who -- Blames you for everything that goes wrong?Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time?Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined?Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you?Is hostile, negative and critical? Coping with these traits in parents is an endless high-stress battle for their ...
This new edition of Perfect Daughters, a pivotal book in the ACoA movement, identifies what differentiates the adult daughters of alcoholics from other women. When this groundbreaking book first appeared over ten years ago, Dr. Ackerman identified behavior patterns shared by daughters of alcoholics. Adult daughters of alcoholics-"perfect ...
Parenting doesn't end at 18.Has your nest not emptied? Has your adult child made lifestyle choices you don't agree with? Has becoming an in-law made you consider becoming an outlaw? Many parents today answer an exasperating 'yes' to these and many other questions that describe the frustration encountered between them and their adult children. ...
A memoir by Betty DeGeneres on her strong bond with her daughter, Ellen. DeGeneres writes about family life with Ellen and her siblings, about her own struggle over time to accept the fact that her daughter was gay, and about her role as national spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project.
The authors identify six types of moms--the "Phantom Mom", the "China Doll Mom", the "You're My Trophy Mom", the "Controlling Mom", the "Forever Mom", and the "American Express Mom"--to show how the kind of mothering one receives and how one responds to that mothering profoundly affects an individual's ability to relate to his/her spouse, friends, ...
"No one book resolves a lifetime of hurts and misunderstandings, but it can remove the blinders from our eyes. Make an effort now." LOS ANGELES TIMES No matter how old you are and whether or not your parents are alive, you have to come to terms with them. This wise and practical book will show you how to deal with the most fundamental ...
This Running Press Miniature Edition of our bestselling large-format book, Fathers and Sons, is packed with moving stories of this unique relationship. A treasure for anyone intrigued by the particular bonds of family, it features excerpts from essays and 30 photographs from the original book that delve into the connections between celebrity and ...
"Elegant prose...sheds new light on the father--daughter dynamic." Boston magazine There is a special bond between a father and a daughter, and when that bond is broken by death, a woman's life can change in profound and unexpected ways. In the tradition of Hope Edelman's bestselling Motherless Daughters, Clea Simon, critically acclaimed author of ...
For every woman who wishes she could talk more openly with her mother, this practical, compassionate book introduces a step-by-step plan for breaking down barriers and discussing such matters as health, money, family secrets and aging. MY MOTHER, MY FRIEND is the first book to offer realistic strategies for opening and deeepening the path of ...
With more than 35 years of experience in psychotherapy, Dr. Halpern enables the adult child to understand his or her parent and foster a positive, healthy adult relationship.
Beginning with the senior year in high school, moving through the summer year after graduation, the final departure for college and the freshman year, Andre Van Steenhouse offers a lighthearted, yet savy look at this turbulent time through her generous and compassionate world view, making it lively, humorous, and emotionally resonant. She has ...
In this compassionate, intelligent book, renowned author and counselor Beverly Engel offers readers a serious. step-by-step guide to freeing themselves from an abusive relationship with a parent. 8-city author tour; plus features on Divorcing a Parent and interviews with Bevery Engel will appear in major publications.
Nursing Homes: Getting Good Care There offers concise, easily accessible and authoritative information on how to select and work with nursing homes, proven procedures developed by advocates nationwide, and specific strategies for protecting patient rights.
In this charming tale of multi-generational family living, Alexander, who once had a very bad day, is all grown up, and while their house is being remodeled, he and his family all move in with his empty-nester parents.
Learn to recognize and understand the extent to which the parent-child relationship affects one's daily life. Whether parents are alive or deceased, one needs to resolve the issues concerning the relationship with parents to be completely fulfilled and happy.
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