Recommended Reading for February 2023
Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent: A Guide for Stressed Out Children
Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Coping with difficult parents is an endless high-stress battle for their children. Though there's no medical definition for "difficult" parents, you know when you have one. While it's rare for adults to change their ways late in life, you can stop the vicious merry-go-round of anger, blame, guilt and frustration.
For the first time, here's a common-sense guide from professionals, with more than two decades in the field, on how to smooth communications with a challenging parent. Filled with practical tips for handling contentious behaviors and sample dialogues for some of the most troubling situations, this book addresses many hard issues.