"When Parents Hurt" by Joshua Coleman, Ph. D.. Link to listing page on Amazon. ~ When things go wrong even when parents have done their best. Discussion of book on Amazon.com: "When Parents Hurt" by Joshua Coleman, Ph.D. Website for the book, "When Parents Hurt" "When Parents Hurt" blog I heard of this book for…
For Parents
Estrangers & Estrangees: Two sides of the Fence Called Estrangement
The Problem with Discussing Estrangement Online. People who have a family estrangement tend to have experienced one of two kinds of situations: they have decided to become estranged from someone or they have become estranged due to someone else’s decision. The first group I call Estrangers. The second Estrangees.
The Pitfalls of Online Communication
This is a link to a New York Times article on the pitfalls of online communication through email. (There is some chance you might have to register with the NY Times to read it. But if you do, registration is free and the NY Times has a lot of cool stuff to read!)
Father’s Day & Estrangement III
Happy Father’s Day by happyluau, June 17, 2007 Fathers on Cedar Chest of Dreams, June 17, 2007 Lost Relationship and Father’s Day, June 16, 2007 on Los Angeles Times Pressmens 20 Year Club
No Freakin’ Baggage!
On Baggage
I receive email occasionally. Most emails come from mothers who have been estranged by their adult kids. Much less often, maybe twice a year, I get an email from someone who has estranged their mother or both parents. (I rarely get emails from men who are fathers or sons. I may have received two emails…
Father’s Day & Estrangement II
On FayObserver.com (The Fayetteville Observer), May 17, 2007: Celebrate Parents’ Day by Steven R. Edelman Written by a father for his son, Shane, from whom he had been estranged for a time. Posted on June 18, 1995: Father’s Day In the archive of This American Life, Chicago Public Radio: 26: Father’s Day ’96. Available for…
Father’s Day & Estrangement
On AskMetafilter: How to be kind but firm with an estranged parent who wants more than I am willing to give, March 15, 2007 On top40: The Story Behind "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)" Go On, Make Peace with Dad by Will Kern. Originally published on June 17, 2001. On FindArticles.com: Healing…
And one more on Mother’s Day
There’s a year till the next one but before I started looking for Father’s Day posts, I looked one more time for posts on Mother’s Day and found this thread:On SoberRecovery.com, a post and responses: Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day Post Secrets: May 13 to 20
Postsecret(Mother’s Day Postsecrets will be up till the next week of secrets are posted on Sunday, May 20.)