Difficult Parents

As your self-absorbed parent grows older and becomes more dependent on you, hurtful relationships may resurface and become further strained. In the tradition of Children of the Self-Absorbed, author Nina Brown offers the first book for adult children of aging narcissistic or self-absorbed parents. You will learn practical, powerful strategies for navigating the intense negative feelings that your parents can incite as well as tips to protect your children from the criticism, blame, or hostility that may exist between you and their grandparent.

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...

This school leader's edition of Dealing with Difficult Parents is designed to help you with the specific challenges you face as a school leader when dealing with parents. The companion teacher's edition shows your teachers and other educators how they can communicate with parents more...

Instant Help for Parents of Adult Children 400+ copies bought this month Stop Raising Adult-Children: Break the Cycle of Blame and Take Your Life Back If you feel trapped supporting an adult child who won’t launch, paying their bills, absorbing their anger, and sacrificing your own peace, you’re not failing as a parent. You’re caught in a cultural pattern no one warned you about, and there is a way out that doesn’t require abandoning your child or yourself. Today’s parents are raising legal adults who still expect to be treated like children, while blaming their parents for every ...

Are you dealing with a narcissist, manipulator, or toxic person who leaves you exhausted, confused, and doubting yourself? Do you dread family gatherings with a narcissistic parent, tense work meetings with a toxic boss or difficult coworker, or stressful encounters with a partner who uses gaslighting, emotional manipulation, or passive-aggressive behavior to control you? If you've ever felt trapped in a toxic relationship—walking on eggshells, second-guessing your reality, or silently enduring narcissistic abuse—this empowering, compassionate guide is your path to peace, clarity, and ...

HOW TO BE A BETTER PARENT TO A DIFFICULT CHILD. A Science-Based Practical Guide to Managing Tantrums, Defiance, Power Struggles, and Emotional Overwhelm Without Constant Yelling. Your child isn't broken. The moment you're in is just hard. Another meltdown at the checkout. Another bedtime that took ninety minutes. Another evening that ended with you saying something you didn't mean, and the quiet after, wondering how you got here. How to Be a Better Parent to a Difficult Child is for parents who have already read the articles, already know they should "stay calm," and still find themselves ...

Are you the one caring for an aging parent while your siblings stay distant, avoid responsibility, or criticize from the sidelines? You have siblings. But somehow, the care still falls on you. You are the one answering the calls, tracking appointments, noticing safety concerns, handling family updates, and making decisions no one else wants to make. Your siblings may care. They may even say they want to help. But when real responsibility appears, they stay distant, vague, defensive, or critical. When You’re the Only One Helping an Aging Parent is a practical guide for adult children ...

Your mother posts on Facebook about being a "blessed mom" while you're having panic attacks at the thought of calling her. Sound familiar? "After everything I've done for you..." "You're too sensitive..." "No one will ever love you like I do..." "I was just trying to help..." These phrases echo in your head long after the conversation ends. You apologize for existing. You feel guilty when good things happen to you. You're exhausted from managing everyone's emotions except your own. And the worst part? Everyone thinks she's wonderful. Have you ever found yourself asking: • Why do I feel ...

#1 Amazon New Release ─ Transform your relationship with your mother The best news on the planet is that your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be happy. In fact, author Karen C.L. Anderson will take it a step further and say, your mother doesn't have to change in order for you...

Being a parent is one of the most rewarding experiences in life, but every family faces challenges that can be frustrating and overwhelming. For more than 25 years, internationally renowned clinical psychologist Thomas W. Phelan's 1-2-3 Magic has helped millions of parents, teachers, and caregivers raise independent, emotionally intelligent children and build happier, healthier families - all through an easy to understand program that you'll swear "works like magic".

A painful sibling relationship can take up more space in your life than almost anyone sees. Maybe your brother or sister criticizes you, competes with you, guilt-trips you, explodes, rewrites the story, or turns every family gathering into emotional pressure. Maybe you keep wondering whether you are overreacting, whether you should try harder, or whether protecting your peace makes you the problem. Toxic Siblings, Family Guilt, and the Space You Need is a practical guide for adults dealing with toxic sibling relationships, adult sibling conflict, family guilt, emotional manipulation, and ...

You love your mother, but she drives you crazy. She controls, criticizes, and butts into your life constantly. Then when you try and set boundaries, the pushback and resulting guilt are so bad you tell yourself...it's just not worth it. Is your mother narcissistic, borderline, or just plain...

Are you exhausted from constant tantrums, defiance, or full-on meltdowns—wondering if anything will ever work? You're not alone. Many parents are silently drowning in guilt, confusion, and fear that they’ve somehow failed their child. Especially when traditional discipline methods backfire, and advice from professionals only leads to more frustration—or worse, pushes you toward medication as a first resort. This book offers a way out. A real one. Discipline Systems That Work for Out-of-Control Kids is a no-nonsense, deeply practical guide for parents, guardians, and caregivers who are...

Having a narcissistic parent can create long lasting effects on our self-esteem, confidence and subsequent relationships. Raised By Narcissists will teach you to acknowledge and begin to heal from the difficult experience of narcissistic parental abuse, reclaim your experience and move on to build a better future.

The ultimate guide to grieving the parent you wanted, accepting the parent you have, and building (or ending) a relationship on your own terms, by the popular therapist known as @sitwithwhit For too long, we were told “blood is thicker than water” and “family comes first.” A growing...

We are used to having our parents help us, but how do we handle it when the tables are turned and our parents are the ones who need help? Declining health, financial needs, divorce, relational issues—what's an adult child's role when their parents are struggling? Or when there is conflict with...

Difficult brings to life the conflicts that arise for mothers who are confronted with the unexpected and burdensome dependencies of their adult children associated with mental illness, substance use, or chronic unemployment. Through real stories of mothers and their challenging adult children, this book offers accessible, provocative, and, at times, shocking illustrations of the excruciating maternal dilemma: Which takes precedence—the needs of the mother or of the distressed adult child? Difficult addresses a family situation which too many keep secret. 

In Done with the Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children, Sheri McGregor, MA, helps parents break free from emotional pain - and move forward in their own lives. As a loving mother to whom the unthinkable happened, McGregor knows the horrible shock that wrings a parent dry, triggers denial, blame, anger, and shame. With empathy and understanding, as well as tools, the latest research, and insight from more than 9,000 parents of estranged adult children, McGregor helps parents of estranged adults plan, prepare for emotional triggers, and prevail over pain.

Everyone says you're lucky to have her. She's the one who shows up with food when a neighbor is sick. The one who minds everyone's kids, remembers every birthday, gives until it hurts. People who meet her tell you she's a saint — and then the front door closes, and a different woman appears. The one who goes cold when you need her. The one who drops a single sentence at dinner that you carry for fifteen years. The one who punishes with silence, competes instead of celebrates, and turns her own suffering into a weight the whole family has to carry. And when you finally try to tell someone,...

You've been labeled "emotionally immature." You never got a say. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents* sold over a million copies and rewired how an entire generation talks about their parents. One phrase became a diagnosis. One book became gospel. And somewhere in the middle of it, real parents — the ones who showed up, who loved hard, who got it right far more than they got it wrong — got cast as the villain in a story they never even got to read. This is the other side of that story. You showed up. You sacrificed. You loved your child. You made mistakes, apologized when you...