Mama I Love You - Yellow Stripe Journal (Mother Journals from Sons, #6)
by Nimble Muse Journals
We raise our children to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, but when they finally do, staying close becomes more complicated than ever. And for every bewildered mother who wonders why her children don’t call, there is a frustrated son or daughter who just wants to be treated like a grownup. Now, renowned editor Jane Isay delivers the perfect gift to both parents and their adult children—real-life wisdom and advice on how to stay together without falling apart. Using extensive interviews...
Raising Geniuses/ A Practical Guide to Nurturing Your Child's Mind for Lifelong Success
by Shu-Chen Hou
As your self-absorbed parent grows older and becomes more dependent on you, hurtful relationships may resurface and become further strained. In the tradition of Children of the Self-Absorbed, author Nina Brown offers the first book for adult children of aging narcissistic or self-absorbed parents. You will learn practical, powerful strategies for navigating the intense negative feelings that your parents can incite, as well as tips to protect your children from the criticism, blame, or hostility...
'The child is father of the man', our author is able to say with some feeling. For, dwelling over the collection of letters still in their battered orange folder, his father, then in the East Indies, is once more alive, chatting, advising, rebuking and loving intensely from afar. Past voices echo from musty pages and buried memories, voices of his foster parents and so many friends and mentors shaping and bringing him up in an exciting and bewildering post-war Holland - a place where the child b...
Afraid to Let Go. for Parents of Adult Addicts and Alcoholics
by Mary Crocker Cook