PARENTING WHEN YOUR CHILD IS ADULT - Softcover

Jacobs, Dale M.; Jacobs, Renee Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843336294 ISBN 13: 9781843336297

Publisher: Vega Books, 2003

Synopsis

How To Be a Parent When Your Child Is an Adult teaches us that one of the hardest things a parent has to do is to let go of their children when they are older, to let them be themselves and to make their own mistakes, and to respect them as adults in their own rights. There is no shortage of books on bringing up children, but very few on dealing with your offspring once they have matured; but be warned - the learning process never stops! The authors deal with all the major issues that are likely to come up during the later years of your children's lives, and offer advice on such topics as financial problems, substance abuse, sleeping arrangements when partners come to stay, homosexuality, involvement with the police and single parenthood, ill health and death, as well as the intricacies of finding a new and adult way of relating to young adults that is different from and better than the relationship you had with your children when they were young.

About this title

About the Author

Dale Jacobs is a child psychiatrist in private practice with nearly thirty years of experience. In addition, he is a consultant to numerous school districts, providing neuropsychiatric evaluations for Child Study Teams. Renee Jacobs is a clinical social worker who also has nearly thirty years of experience working as a psychotherapist with families in private practice and as a consultant on parent education programmes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vega Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1843336294
• ISBN 13: 9781843336297
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176