- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm); Reprint edition (June 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671679058
- ISBN-13: 978-0671679057
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 9.4 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 23 g
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From Publishers Weekly
When previously independent adult children return home to live with their parents, as an estimated 22 million do currently, there are inevitable problems of co-existence. Techniques and strategies to avoid predictable pitfalls in the former parent-child roles are presented in this guide by two psychotherapists who specialize in family relationships. They write of the experiences of such adults across the United States for whom "the phenomenon of delayed independence represents a true change in American family life." In the case histories presented there is a wide range of reasons why adult chidren return home: divorce, drugs, and emotional and financial problems are among them. The authors suggest practical ways of sharing territory and enjoying the benefits of a new mutuality, but the emphasis is on ways to help young adults achieve success in making it on their own.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
The authors, psychotherapists in private practice, assert that there has been a phenomenal surge in delayed independence among the nation's adult children, with marriage and the military no longer effective rites of passage to self-identity and the stimulation of accomplishing developmental tasks tempered by the rewards for regressive behavior. Their book is meant to bridge the recent generation gap between Sixties young adults, willingly forced into early independence, and their children who now face rapid economic displacement, the demands of a designer life-style, and today's drug, alcohol, and emotional problems. A timely, easily accessible parenting guide to preserving goodwill. William Abrams, Portland State Univ. Lib., Ore.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Good book for ideas and strategies to deal w returning grown children, Dec 2 2010
By A newbee with GPS - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Boomerang Kids: How to Live With Adult Children Who Return Home (Mass Market Paperback)
The hardest part of being a parent is to LET GO of your children. WHen a grown child comes back for a rather extended stay, from a misfortune or simply from being lazy or unmotivated, though we know that they should be staying temporarily but the FEAR, the OBLIGATION and the GUILT will force us into letting them stay quasi permanently. Consequently, the dilemna paralyzes us. This book brings some clarity and some actions to what we can do to make the situation a better one.In the words of Khalid Gebran, a lebanese poet:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book, July 29 2009
By Frustrated Mom "Marty" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Boomerang Kids: How to Live With Adult Children Who Return Home (Mass Market Paperback)
I could really relate to this book. It really hit home concerning my daughter. I was reading things that sounded just my situation. Things I had known I needed to do, but just couldn't bring my self to do them. But I'm trying every day and sometimes i go back to the book and read certain chapters. I definitely recommend this book for parents who have a child either living at home and doesn't want to leave or follow the rules, or if your child lives out but wants you to help support them.
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