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Taking Care of Parents Who Didn't Take Care of You : Making Peace with Aging Parents
Taking Care of Parents Who Didn't Take Care of You Making Peace with Aging Parents Author:Eleanor Cade This is a guide to taking care of difficult parents, parents who were themselves not very good at parenting. Sympathetic and sensible, it suggests ways to navigate the minefields of aging parents and family dysfunctions and shows how to create new, emotionally healthy roles among the old family scripts. The book illustrates its many guidelines a... more »nd suggestions with stories from others who have shared the same, difficult journey. Readers will discover that it is possible to come to terms with the dysfunctions in their families of origin and find healing in the process. Dysfunctional or not, our parents are going to be around a lot longer than any other generation before them, and we will be faced with managing their care. Taking Care of Parents Who Didnt Take Care of You offers readers compassionate and practical guidance to facing the psychological and emotional issues that arise when caring for aging parents. The result is a powerful and timely book that moves readers beyond anger, regret and grief in order to build healthy new family dynamics based on decency and mercy.« less