Parent Adult Child category: 653 books
The Way They Were
Dealing with Your Parents' Divorce After a Lifetime of Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
How to deal with your parents’ divorce when you’re not a kid anymore
As the divorce rate soars among the baby-boomer generation, more and more people in their twenties and thirties are being faced with the divorce of their parents, and few resources exist to help them cope with their unique...
The Emotionally Absent Mother, Updated and Expanded Second Edition
How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The groundbreaking guide to self-healing and getting the love you missed.
Was your mother preoccupied, distant, or even demeaning? Have you struggled with relationships—or with your own self-worth? Often, the grown children of emotionally absent mothers can’t quite put a finger on what’s...
The Father Effect
Hope and Healing from a Dad's Absence
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Based on the feature film of the same name, THE FATHER EFFECT is a must-read for the millions of men and women who have lost their fathers through divorce, death, or disinterest.
John Finch always struggled after his father committed suicide when he was eleven, but it wasn't until he was raising...
Feeding My Mother
Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mom Lives with Memory Loss
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Based on her hugely popular Facebook posts and Instagram photos, Feeding My Mother is a frank, funny, inspirational and piercingly honest account of the transformation in Jann Arden's life that has turned her into the primary "parent" to her mom, who is in...
Measure of the Heart
A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
Mary Ellen Geist decided to leave her job as a CBS Radio anchor to return home to Michigan when her father's Alzheimer's got to be too much for her mother to shoulder alone. She chose to live her life by a different set of priorities: to be guided by her heart, not by outside accomplishment and recognition.
The...
Parakeet Races and Other Stories
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Parakeet Races and Other Stories is a memoir that recounts the challenges and escapades of a family of six children in the 1950s which faces the premature death of its mother. Always authentic, each self-contained story can be read in just a few richly rewarding minutes that may leave the reader laughing...
Amanda, Perfectly Made
A Caregiver’S Journey
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2012
On August 1, 1983, Laurel Greshels world changed forever after a phone call from her doctor. After receiving word that her unborn baby had serious health issues, Laurel was overwhelmed. As she and her husband, Ted, struggled to accept the diagnosis that their daughter, Amanda, would be born with spina...
by Billye Graham-Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
This is a story about hope.
One can't identify with hope until one is able to identify with hopelessness. One can't love unconditionally unless one has been loved unconditionally. No one can be accepted until they first have accepted.
This book is not written to those who have no knowledge...
Shared Stories from Daughters of Alzheimer's
Writing a Path to Peace
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2004
Shared Stories from Daughters of Alzheimer's is a support group in print for those escorting a loved one on the Alzheimer's journey.
Nine women map the passage of a parent through Alzheimer's disease, describing the evolution of their own emotional responses to the disease and the changes it...
A Parent’S Guide to a Peaceful Home
Transformation Begins at Home
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Parents serve as their childrens first teachers. What they learn at home helps them build on their learning and education at school. In A Parents Guide to a Peaceful Home, author Patricia Braxton provides a guide to helping parents manage their home in a peaceful, loving way in order to ensure success...
by Mel Levine, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Every parent wants to know, "What will he be like when he's in his twenties?" After decades of observing children grow into young adults, Dr. Mel Levine, nationally known pediatrician and author, addresses the question of why some youngsters make a successful transition into adulthood while others...
Eight Points of the Compass
Directing Our Children on the Path to a Better Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
Why are so many people wandering aimlessly through life? Why has there been such a shift in values from generation to generation?
Facing imminent mobilization during the first Persian Gulf War, a father was faced with these questions as well as the challenge of who would teach his children...
Jobleen
A Woman of Strength
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Jobleen suffered low self esteem. She was the victim of physical abuse, molestation and rape. Her mental stability was unbalanced, which made her turn away from living a decent life. She turned to drugs and prostitution, left her baby with her mother so that she could roam the streets for as many...
by Carl Sheffield
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
A grizzly bear finds a little baby girl alone in a camp. He carries the child back to his little village. All the other animals wanted to see the child, but Ring Paw wouldnt let anyone else around. For five years she grew with the animals. Ring Paw took her to the camp where the other humans were and left her there.