Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents

The book was very light, and while the writer made a few good points, I couldn't help feeling there was no real 'meat' or substance. It was a series of interviews -- the descriptions of the people being interviewed seemed phoney. Overall, I would say the book wasn't really worth the time it took to read it because there were no actual "take aways" to apply to my life.

This is an excellent quick read for people with difficult family members who tantrum, manipulate, bully, flip from personable to attacks, undermine your esteem, use you to elevate their own esteem, feel persecuted while persecuting. It's a 'must read' to salvage your sanity and your family and to understand how people living tortured lives torture others.

The book is very helpful to parents who are having a hard time with their relationships with their adult children. They give many different examples of diverse types of relationships and how to heal them.

What worked for our parents doesn't seem to work for THIS generation of parents of adult children....Thanks for expressing in WORDS what we and
our adult children have been FEELING, but maybe never expressed....Jane
Isay "normalizes" these experiences and feelings and gives good insights.
This book opened areas of conversation which needed to be opened....well done! (By the way, this is NOT the book, of the same name, Walking on Eggshells, a classic
in the field of borderline personality disorder)

I needed it. Have 5 kids over 20 and it was very helpful.
I stopped giving advice!