Giving Birth to My Parents

Lorrie Caplan-Shern

• 01 januari 2012
• 9780983792307

Samenvatting:

Giving Birth to My Parents is a timely book written for the men and women of the Baby Boomer generation by one of their own. Part memoir, part life coaching manual, Giving Birth to My Parents offers a road map to the people of every generation. Its pages offer guidance on how to lovingly and compassionately deal with the sometimes challenging, but ultimately worthwhile, experience of creating and maintaining a loving and respectful bond with aging parents. The suggestions and honest situations in this book also enable aging parents to better appreciate and respect their adult children.Told with humor, kindness and insight, this book provides a valuable way to navigate understanding and mending the relationships between Baby Boomer adult-children and their Depression-Era parents. As such, it puts a personal face on the inter-generational issue and provides an under-represented voice not found in other books. Giving Birth to My Parents is a light-hearted, life-affirming "manifesto" sure to become a dog-eared treasure on every Baby Boomer's bed stand. This book offers men and women of the Baby Boomer generation straight-forward, life coaching advice on how to deepen and transform their relationships with their elderly parents, co-creating strong bonds of love and respect.