
All Grown Up: Living Happily Ever After with Your Adult Children by Roberta Maisel
By Roberta MaiselMany parents in their 50s and 60s don't know how to parent their adult children. Yet increases in health and longevity mean that parents and their children may share 40 or more years together as adults. "All Grown Up" describes how mid-life parents and their grown children can celebrate this new lease on life together by developing loving and egalitarian friendships that are positive and guilt-free. Using conflict resolution strategies borrowed from the field of mediation, a healthy respect for generation-gap issues engendered by the social revolutions of the 1960s and '70s, and a broad spiritual perspective, the author provides both practical solutions to on-going problems, as well as thought-provoking discussions of how these problems came to be. Unlike other books in the field, "All Grown Up" addresses the cultural changes of the late 20th century which deeply affect how we approach parenting, self-development and lifestyle issues. The book provides guidance on how parents of adult children can:
communicate with their adult children without judgments, or fear of giving praise;
let go - and share activities in a stress-free, equal way;
deal with crises in their adult children's lives, knowing when and when "not" to give advice;
set boundaries, limits and deadlines;
avoid over-identification with their child's successes and failures, and avoid competitiveness; and
build understanding, trust and compassion without prying.
Wise, compassionate and helpful, "All Grown Up" will appeal to all mid-life and older parents and children, as well as mediators, therapists, and counselors.
Marketing for "All Grown Up":
National print advertising
Nationalprint, radio and web publicity
Co-op available
Roberta Maisel is a sociologist, educator and professional mediator. A parent of three adult children, she watches over her 93-year old mother and lives in Berkeley, California.
Buy All Grown Up by Roberta Maisel at Attic books in Nairobi Kenya.
Book details
- Paperback
- 194 pages
- English
- 0865714398
- 9780865714397
About Roberta Maisel
roberta maisel was Read More about Roberta Maisel
More Books By Roberta Maisel
People who bought this also bought
Loving the Questions: Exploration of the Nicene Creed by Marianne H. Micks
Used Book
Banks: A riveting account of one of the world's most famous explorers, a story of lust, science, adventure, and voyages of discovery, from the award-winning author of BANJO, SISTER VIV and HUDSON FYSH book by Grantlee Kieza
New Book
What Everybody Should Know About Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
Used Book
Start Becoming a Good Samaritan Participant's Guide: Six Sessions
Used Book
The Vortex: Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships book by Esther Hicks
New Book
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future book by Joseph E. Stiglitz
New Book
Ethics in the Investment Profession: An International Survey
Used Book
The Last Brother: The Rise and Fall of Ted Kennedy book by Joe McGinniss
Used Book
The Guide to Retail Business Planning: The Complete Handbook for Creating a Winning Plan for Any Retail Business by Warren G. Purdy
Used Book
Viets Guide To Sex, Travel and Anything Else That Will Sell This Book
Used Book
Women in the Context of International Development and Co-operation: Review and Perspectives
Used Book
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
Used Book
Balaam'S Prophecy: Eyewitness to History, 1939-1989 book by Naphtali Lau-Lavie
Used Book
Love and Respect Workbook: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs book by Emmerson Eggerichs
New Book
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds book by Carmine Gallo
New Book
The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking book by Mikael Krogerus
New Book