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Don't Bite Your Tongue - by Ruth Nemzoff (Paperback)

Don't Bite Your Tongue - by  Ruth Nemzoff (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A practical and empowering guide explains how parents can foster a close relationship with their adult children while, at the same time, respecting their independence, examining the dynamics of a healthy family bond, and offering advice on how to communicate long distance, discuss financial issues, handle an adult child's life choices, and more.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Parents make enormous sacrifices helping children become healthy and autonomous adults. And when children are older, popular wisdom advises parents to let go, disconnect, and bite their tongues. But increasing life spans mean that parents and children can spend as many as five or six decades as adults together: actively parenting adult children is a reality for many families. <p/>Dr. Ruth Nemzoff--a leading expert in family dynamics--empowers parents to create close relationships with their adult children, while respecting their independence. Based on personal stories as well as advice that she has accrued from years of coaching, this lively and readable book shows parents how to: <p/>-communicate at long distances <br>-discuss financial issues without using money as a form of control <br>-speak up when disapproving of an adult child's partner or childrearing practices <br>-handle adult children's career choices or other midlife changes <br>-navigate an adult child's interreligious, interracial or same sex relationships <p/>No other book treats the challenges of parent and adult offspring relationships as part and parcel of a healthy family dynamic. This practical lessons of <i>Don't Bite Your Tongue</i> will help parents play a vital and positive role in their children's lives.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Dr. Ruth Nemzoff i</b>s a resident scholar at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center and lectures widely on family dynamics. Her papers are archived at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University where she also holds a doctorate in social policy. She has served three terms in the New Hampshire legislature and is the mother of four adult children. She lives in Newton, MA with her husband Harris Berman.</p>

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