Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent

A Guide For Stressed Out Children

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Aging, Health & Well Being, Health, Self Help
Cover of the book Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow, William Morrow Paperbacks
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow ISBN: 9780062111968
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Publication: August 2, 2011
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks Language: English
Author: Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
ISBN: 9780062111968
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Publication: August 2, 2011
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
Language: English

Do You Have
An Aging Parent Who
--

  • Blames you for everything that goes wrong?
  • Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time?
  • Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined?
  • Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you?
  • Is hostile, negative and critical?

Coping with these traits in parents is an endless high-stress battle for their children. Though there's no medical defination 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, including:

How to tell your parent he or she cannot live with you.

How to avoid the cycle of nagging and recriminations

How to prevent your parent's negativity from overwhelming you.

How to deal with an impaired parent who refuses to stop driving.

How to asses the risk factors in deciding whether a parent is still able to live alone.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Do You Have
An Aging Parent Who
--

Coping with these traits in parents is an endless high-stress battle for their children. Though there's no medical defination 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, including:

How to tell your parent he or she cannot live with you.

How to avoid the cycle of nagging and recriminations

How to prevent your parent's negativity from overwhelming you.

How to deal with an impaired parent who refuses to stop driving.

How to asses the risk factors in deciding whether a parent is still able to live alone.

More books from William Morrow Paperbacks

Cover of the book The Perfect Girl by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Sleeping Through the Night, Revised Edition by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book The Sworn Virgin by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Almost Like Being in Love by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Healing After Loss by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book How to Eat a Cupcake by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Rome by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book The Savage City by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Tease (Part Two: Chapters 7 - 14) by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Depression Fallout by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Remembrance by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Meet Me in Monaco by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Captive by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book Ghost Girl by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
Cover of the book The Weaker Sex by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, Irwin Lebow
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy