Parent Adult Child category: 653 books
Cutting Loose
An Adult's Guide to Coming to Terms with Your Parents
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1990
With more than thirty-five years of experience in psychotherapy, Dr. Halpern enables the adult child to understand his or her parent and foster a positive, healthy adult relationship.
In all respects, you appear to be well-adjusted, reasonably successful adult, but in the presence of your parents,...
When Your Gay or Lesbian Child Marries
A Guide for Parents
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Massachusetts became the first state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004, and after the landmark decision of Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, same-sex marriage is legal in all fifty states. More than 70,000 same-sex couples have married in the U.S. Although these couples have the right...
I Didn't Cause It, I Can't Change It
How Mothers of Adult Children with Co-occurring Disorders Have Coped
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
PARENTING is not an easy task. No matter the challenges that a parent or their child faces, it can be hard to know the ‘right’ thing to do. It is no wonder that oftentimes the parent of an adult child with mental illness and addiction feels alone and may not know which way to turn. Knowing how...
Parenting
Raising Your Child in Ireland Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
“I know of no other task that an adult will undertake in life that is as demanding, challenging, responsible, complicated and never-ending as parenting ... [but], like the vast majority of parents, I had no real preparation for parenthood and received no training or direct help during the whole...
Children of Hoarders
How to Minimize Conflict, Reduce the Clutter, and Improve Your Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Growing up with a hoarder can be a confusing, painful, and sometimes dangerous experience. And when it comes to finding help for a hoarder parent, many adult children find themselves taking on the exhausting role of caretaker. As the child of a hoarder, you may be wondering what resources are available...
When Parents Hurt
Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
This unique book supports parents who are struggling with the heartache of having a teenager or an adult child who is troubled, angry, or distant. Such rifts can cause unspeakable sorrow that parents too often must bear alone. Psychologist and parent Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., offers insight, empathy,...
The BEST You Can Do
For Yourself and Your Aging Parent
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
A how-to book for adult children faced with making decisions regarding care for their aging parent(s).
Caring for your elderly parent is the ultimate exercise in personal responsibility. It is one area where only you can do what is necessary to rescue yourself from being trapped in the...
by Manoj Lekhi
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
The most important part of the book is that which discusses the transformation of the parent and the family. What particularly strikes me are the explanations about how one’s child is one’s parent, or mentor, or Guru, and how so:
- The child’s behaviour mirrors the atmosphere at home and the...
How to Raise an Adult
Stop Overparenting and Prepare Your Kid for Success in Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Raising healthy, well-balanced and successful children is something which most of us aspire to. It is also something which is incredibly complex and difficult to achieve and many parents can fall into the deadly trap of 'overparenting ' their children.This is not because of a desire to harm their child,...
Children of the Depressed
Healing the Childhood Wounds That Come from Growing Up with a Depressed Parent
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Have you ever wondered, Why am I so negative? or Why is my life so chaotic? Whether or not your parent was ever formally diagnosed with depression, you’ve probably always known there was something different about your upbringing. And even though you’ve grown up and moved on, you may still feel...
Don't Bite Your Tongue
How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with your Adult Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Parents make enormous sacrifices helping children become healthy and autonomous adults. And when children are older, popular wisdom advises parents to let go, disconnect, and bite their tongues. But increasing life spans mean that parents and children can spend as many as five or six decades as adults...
We Don't Talk Anymore
Healing after Parents and Their Adult Children Become Estranged
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Understand the painful silence of estrangement and finally heal the rift
Estrangement from an adult son or daughter is one of a parent's worst nightmares. Becoming estranged from a parent can be equally painful for an adult child, who may miss the relationship they once shared. For both it...
by Melanie Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Parenting can be a wonderful experience. Most parents however will admit that there are times they are ready throw up their arms and surrender. Even though a parent may not feel stressed, many spend day after day feeling anxious about how they are doing.
After all, children do not come...
How to Raise Your Adult Children
Real-Life Advice for When Your Kids Don't Want to Grow Up
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
In this irreverent guide, a bestselling comedy writer and noted psychotherapist teach parents how to handle their grown kids.
There are many books out there to teach you how to handle your children after they graduate from diapers, but none tells you how to proceed once they graduate from high...