When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along

Idea for Parents who are struggling to cope with the mistakes they've made in the past.

This book has helped me tremendously...I would like to thank the lady in Florida who recommended the book to me knowing how much I was hurting...a stranger hurting as well...she is an angel in disguise and I more than appreciate her giving me the reference..I would like to thank the author for writing this book...I felt from page one that it was written about me! Thank you again...I have yet to have contact with 2 of my 3 children but I know it is in God's hands...He has 3 answers to the power of prayer: Yes...Not Yet... and I have something better in mind.....This book gets right to the heart of things and has opened my mind to an easier way of thinking and healing of the heart...Someday things will be different with the help of this book and most importantly with God's help...thanks again....

First of all I have to say that I am not a parent and do not have any kids. So my review may be a bit off.

I bought this book for a friend of mine going though a very hard time with a teenage daughter. It was my hope that this book might provide a remedy to somehow salvage the communication between the two and try to repair the relationship if possible.

This book is well written and organized. The author does a great job of describing the anatomy of how parents and children think about the other and dynamics of various situations. He talks about the child's view and it might be skewed base on different parenting styles.

The background on this information is more consumable to hurting parents shedding light on a difficult subject that can cause pain just thinking about it.

There is some helpful information and recommendations on how to reach out to the children that have decided to cut off communication. This section could offer a more, however since everyone's case is different it might be just enough for lesser damaged relationships.

All in all there is a wealth of information here worthy of reading. Just having this knowledge is helpful in understanding whats going may lead to more opportunities to reconnect this important lifetime relationship.

This book is such a comfort for parents of estranged children. Just knowing that you are not alone and that you are not a monster. Learning to get back in life and value yourself as a human being. Not being ashamed of what others think, but will never know.

Excellent information for parents on how to cope with a difficult family situation. Family estrangements are growing more prevalant today between parents and adult children and Dr. Coleman has been generous with his time by providing an excellent book, website for parents and bringing this problem to the attention of other professionals.