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Title: When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us : Letting Go of Their Problems, Loving Them Anyway, and Getting on with Our Lives by Jane Adams ISBN: 0-7432-3281-X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 03 June, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: All grown children disappoint by these standards
Comment: A whining feel-good book for baby boomers who want an excuse for laying guilt trips on their grown children. With the exception of a few throw-away comments this book equates "adultolescents'" being unmarried or less than wildly successful with criminal activity and drug use. I am 30-something, have an Ivy League PhD and, with my partner, am financially secure. I'm also gay (but in a committed relationship) and unemployed (in a town with a more than 7% unemployment rate). While I am inclined to be grateful for my parents for all that they've done to get me here, Jane Adams encourages them to see the half-empty glass and perceive me as a morally inferior lazy "boomeranging" disappointment. I'd be surprised if my parents agree with her!
Rating: 5
Summary: There's enough of us out there to write a book!
Comment: Reading this book was a great comfort to me. When moms at work pipe up about their kids great accomplishments its pretty hard to chime in that your kid is on probation for a felony for selling pot and on a tether for violating probabation and just lost his job because he falsified the time card at the pizza joint. Geez. We didn't want the world but give me a break! Jane takes the heat off and the guilt does ease a bit - this book has helped me love the prodigal son without paying his rent for him. Thanks Jane!
Rating: 5
Summary: The perfect passive-aggressive gift
Comment: My brother gave this book to our mother on her birthday, which I found to be a tad on the passive aggressive side. But, then again, she has been particularly disappointed in the men we've become, particularly my brother, who's still on probation for something he did a few years back. So I read the book out of curiosity, and I found it to be the most beautiful and forgiving message I'd ever heard. We live in a society that's so critical of everyone and everything, that this book was a genuine relief to find. People don't have to live up to all a parent's expectations, and they're better for finding their own trails in life. For instance, my father wanted me to be a professional baseball player, despite the fact that I'm nearly blind in one eye. He still says I never made it past high-school ball because of my work ethic, not the fact that I was constantly getting plunked in the head. So maybe Dad is going to get a little stocking stuffer as well. Bravo.
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Title: Parenting Your Adult Child: How You Can Help Them Achieve Their Full Potential by Ross Campbell, Gary D. Chapman ISBN: 1881273121 Publisher: Northfield Pub Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: I'm Still Your Mother: How to Get Along With Your Grown-Up Children for the Rest of Your Life by Jane Adams ISBN: 0595183581 Publisher: iUniverse.com Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: For Mothers of Difficult Daughters; How to Enrich and Repair the Relationship in Adulthood by Charney Herst, Lynette Padwa ISBN: 0375753184 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Once a Parent, Always a Parent (Focus on the Family) by Stephen A. Bly ISBN: 1561796743 Publisher: Focus on the Family Pub Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: All Grown Up: Living Happily Ever After With Your Adult Children by Roberta Maisel ISBN: 0865714398 Publisher: New Society Pub Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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