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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
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Parenting: advice & issues

YOU AND YOUR ADULT CHILD

Laurence Steinberg

How to Grow Together in Challenging Times

Do you ever stop being a parent, even when the "child" is in their twenties and thirties? One of the world's leading developmental psychologists shows how parents' roles must evolve to evolve to meet their adult child's ongoing, changing needs. But what exactly are these new needs? And why are they so different now than they were when you were a young adult?

This comprehensive guide discusses topics as varied as whether and how you should be involved in your child's college education, how to behave when they unexpectedly must move back home, how to state your opinion on their romantic partners, what to do when you disagree with the way they are raising their own child, and what parameters to apply if you want to give them money for a home or startup. He answers such challenging questions as: When do I express my opinion and when should I bite my tongue? How do I know if my son is floundering? Is it okay to help my daughter with her grad school application? What should I do if my kid is getting seriously involved with someone I think is dangerous? We have been helping our twenty-five-year-old financially for the last few years, but how long is too long? How can I help my adult child through a difficult psychological time?

Leading psychologist Laurence Steinberg has devoted his forty-five-year career to researching parent-child relationships. Here, he provides some basic principles to help parents with adult children think more intelligently about common issues, avoid minefields, weather the inevitable ups and downs, and create a stronger, happier, more effective bond with their child.

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Book Published 2023-04-01 by Simon & Schuster

Comments

This compassionate, practical guide applies the wisdom of a leading expert on human development to our relationships with adult children. Filled with stories and science, this book will benefit grandparent, parent and child alike - a gift that will keep on giving across the generations.

A highly useful, wonderfully innovative guide to parenting adult children. I can think of no finer shepherd to take us through this difficult and underexplored terrain. Whether he's reframing our expectations or explaining how to give delicate advice to skittish twentysomethings, Steinberg writes with insight and empathy.

There is more wisdom and more good sense here than in any book I have ever read about parenting. And it is science-based to boot. A must read for parents of adult children.

If you're the parent of a young adult, you need this book. Larry Steinberg - one of my favorite thinkers and writers - offers clear, cogent answers to all the questions you're wrestling with right now. Basically, this book is the next best thing to having this world-renowned psychologist on speed-dial.

Steinberg combines decades of experience as a professor, developmental psychologist, and father with the most up-to-date research in the field to offer the guide all parents of adult children need. This thoughtful, inspiring book is a clear blueprint for how our role as parents can successfully evolve as we offer our kids support and encouragement in their newly independent lives.

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When our kids reach young adulthood, we parents face a host of fresh questions. Do you want to know when you should give your opinion or bite your tongue? Are you anxious about their college choices? Worried about their mental health? Miss them terribly when they're away but want to evict them an hour after they get home? If you can relate to any of these situations, You and Your Adult Child is a must-read, filled with thoughtful, informed and compassionate advice.