Newman, Susan <br/><br/>
Nobody's baby now :  reinventing your adult relationship with your mother and father / 
Susan Newman 
 - New York :  Walker & Company,  2003. 
 - xiii, 239 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Preface		ix	<br/>Acknowledgments		xv	<br/>Introduction		1	(6)<br/>Necessary Alterations<br/>2	(2)<br/>My Parent, My Friend<br/>4	(3)<br/>One: Who Am I? Who Are They?		7	(18)<br/>The Family Fishnet<br/>9	(2)<br/>Different Generations, Different Views<br/>11	(6)<br/>Your History Together<br/>17	(1)<br/>Making Choices, Initiating Change<br/>18	(4)<br/>Still Your Parents<br/>22	(3)<br/>Two: Still Driving You Crazy		25	(28)<br/>So Annoying<br/>27	(9)<br/>Addressing Trouble Spots<br/>36	(7)<br/>Coping with Relationship Gaps<br/>43	(8)<br/>Your New, Leading Role<br/>51	(2)<br/>Three: Staying Connected		53	(18)<br/>Short-Circuiting Guilt Trips<br/>55	(3)<br/>The Frequency Factor<br/>58	(3)<br/>The Near or Far Dilemma<br/>61	(2)<br/>Turning Estranged Relationships Around<br/>63	(3)<br/>Keeping Everyone Happy<br/>66	(5)<br/>Four: Drawing Boundaries		71	(16)<br/>Defining Boundaries<br/>74	(2)<br/>Changing Patterns<br/>76	(4)<br/>Who's the Parent?<br/>80	(7)<br/>Five: Your Partners, Spouses, and In-Laws		87	(14)<br/>I'd Like You to Meet ...<br/>89	(1)<br/>The Underlying Issues<br/>90	(6)<br/>Surmounting In-Law Difficulties<br/>96	(5)<br/>Six: Your Parent's New Partner		101	(16)<br/>Puzzling Choices<br/>102	(4)<br/>New Families, New Roles<br/>106	(5)<br/>Unraveling the Logistics<br/>111	(3)<br/>Seeing Things Differently<br/>114	(3)<br/>Seven: Sibling Complications, Sibling Support		117	(16)<br/>The Family System<br/>118	(2)<br/>Sibling Frustrations<br/>120	(1)<br/>Troublemakers and High-Maintenance Siblings<br/>121	(4)<br/>You Like Him Better ... Still<br/>125	(4)<br/>Sibling Assistance<br/>129	(4)<br/>Eight: Money Matters		133	(21)<br/>Receiving Money from Your Parents<br/>136	(5)<br/>Claiming Rights to Your Parents' Money<br/>141	(4)<br/>When Parents' Generosity Makes You Uncomfortable<br/>145	(3)<br/>Parents Needing Financial Help from You<br/>148	(6)<br/>Nine: Career Directions and Decisions		154	(15)<br/>Great Expectations<br/>156	(2)<br/>Going into the Family Business<br/>158	(5)<br/>Measuring Up<br/>163	(2)<br/>Surpassing a Parent<br/>165	(4)<br/>Ten: Relationship Shifts		169	(9)<br/>Illness Changes the Relationship<br/>170	(3)<br/>When a Parent Dies<br/>173	(2)<br/>Losing Your Childhood Home<br/>175	(3)<br/>Eleven: It's a Boy! Parents as Grandparents		178	(19)<br/>Not Living Up to Your Expectations<br/>181	(3)<br/>Expectations Met<br/>184	(2)<br/>Inevitable In-Law Comparisons and Conflicts<br/>186	(4)<br/>Protecting Your Own<br/>190	(7)<br/>Twelve: Parent to Peer-The Friendship Model		197	(22)<br/>Starting Points<br/>199	(3)<br/>Eight Ground Rules for Ensuring Friendship<br/>202	(15)<br/>The Intangibles That Fortify Friendships<br/>217	(2)<br/>Thirteen: A Work in Progress The Generational Picture		219	(10)<br/>From the Same Cloth<br/>220	(2)<br/>Parents Are People, Too<br/>222	(3)<br/>And the Bond Goes On ...<br/>225	(1)<br/>Modeling for the Next Generation<br/>226	(3)<br/>Authors Note		229	(3)<br/>Index		232	 
<br/><br/> Offers strategies and techniques for improving the relationship between adult children and their parents, discussing familiar challenges such as holiday conflicts, money issues, children, and guilt trips. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0802714072 (hardback) 9780802714077 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003043254 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Parent and adult child.<br/>Adult children--Family relationships.<br/>Adult children--Attitudes.<br/>Padres e hijos<br/>Relaciones familiares 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ 755.86  / N555n 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.874