Summary
How to Talk to Your Adult Children About Really Important Things is a hands-on guide for parents who want to talk to their adult children about challenging issues and sensitive topics such as alternative lifestyles, financial self-reliance, relationships, your divorce or your child2s divorce, moving out, moving back home, parenting, grandparenting, sibling relationships, substance abuse, depression, dependence, independence, and more.
Author Biography
Theresa Foy DiGeronimo, M.Ed., is coauthor of the best-selling How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things (1994), How to Talk to Your Teens About Really Important Things (1999), and author of How To Talk to Your Senior Parents About Really Important Things (2001) all from Jossey-Bass. She is adjunct professor of English at The William Paterson University of New Jersey. She lives in Hawthorne, New Jersey with her husband and three children.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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1 | (4) |
LIFE TOPICS |
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5 | (84) |
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7 | (26) |
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33 | (18) |
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Your Adult Child's Homosexuality |
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51 | (24) |
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Cohabitation: Yours and Theirs |
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75 | (14) |
FAMILY ISSUES |
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89 | (112) |
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91 | (18) |
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109 | (18) |
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127 | (20) |
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147 | (20) |
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167 | (18) |
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Your Adult Child's Divorce |
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185 | (16) |
PROBLEM AREAS |
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201 | (106) |
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203 | (24) |
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227 | (20) |
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247 | (20) |
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267 | (20) |
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287 | (20) |
Chapter Notes |
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307 | (2) |
The Author |
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