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When Parents Hurt by Joshua Coleman, published by William Morrow Paperbacks in 2008, is a reprint edition that spans 320 pages. This book addresses the emotional challenges parents face when their relationships with their older or adult children do not meet their expectations. It provides insights into the pain, shame, and sense of loss that can arise in these situations, offering a compassionate approach to navigating these difficult dynamics.
Readers will find a range of healing exercises and case examples designed to help parents reduce feelings of anger, guilt, and shame. The book explores how various factors, such as temperament and life circumstances, can impact the parent-child bond. It also emphasizes the importance of recognizing personal imperfections and developing strategies for maintaining self-esteem during challenging times. By guiding parents to focus on what they can control and to understand societal expectations, When Parents Hurt aims to foster healthier relationships within families.
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This unique book helps parents work through the pain, shame, and sense of loss that they feel when their relationship with their older or adult children has not turned out as they hoped or expected
Sometimes, despite our best efforts, we lose the opportunity to be the parent we desperately want to be and must mourn the loss of a harmonious relationship with our child. Although this situation may seem hopeless, When Parents Hurt is designed to help us through this intensely difficult situation with compassion and thoughtfulness.
Through healing exercises and case examples, Dr. Joshua Coleman helps parents: Reduce anger, guilt, and shame Learn how temperament, the teen years, a partner’s or their own mistakes, and divorce can harm the parent-child bond Come to terms with their imperfections, as well as their child’s Develop strategies for reaching out and for maintaining their self-esteem through trying times Understand how society’s expectations contribute to the risk of parental wounds
By helping parents recognize what they can do—and to let go of what they cannot control—When Parents Hurt helps families develop more positive ways of relating to themselves and each other.
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