Free Mother to Good Home: A Handbook & Survival Guide for Good Parents, Stepparents & Grandparents Have you heard the words, “I never dared to treat my parents the way kids do today? If you are a baby boomer or the parent of a tween, teen, or adult child, not only have you heard those words,
Have you heard the words, “I never dared to treat my parents the way kids do today? If you are a baby boomer or the parent of a tween, teen, or adult child, not only have you heard those words, you may have uttered them yourself.
If, in this new age of child-parent relations, you’ve ever felt like a helpless puppy or kitten inside a box marked “Free to Good Home”-if, in spite of all your love and the care with which you embraced parenting, your child has grown into an entitled and thoughtless power broker in your relationship-read on.
Author Kay Taylor has studied sociology, parenting, blended families and personal growth for years; in this bold, groundbreaking book she explores the changes in our culture that she believes have given birth to what she describes as the E-generation-a generation of teens and young adults that feel so empowered and entitled that they often clash with their parents, creating a palpable power struggle within the family.
This often leaves good parents alone, depressed, and completely befuddled as to what they did wrong. Free Mother to Good Home comes from the heart and experiences of an everyday parent in the trenches. Taylor offers a mother’s perspective, as well as a remedy for parental blues, helping parents know what they can do to get their houses and their lives back in order.
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Poorly edited, redundant, and sweeping generalizations I have the kindle edition and this book is filled with grammar and spelling errors. One example made me laugh as she referred to a family as “close nit!” I could just picture all those cooties snuggling together! I can ignore errors and I’m not a grammar snob, but there are so many that it’s truly distracting. Aside from that, she makes generalizations that don’t seem to be based on much. For example, the author claims that if women were being honest with themselves, they would admit that not only are they manipulative with men, but they teach their daughters to be also and this leads to problems between mothers and daughters. Many of her theories seem to be based on conversations that she’s had with others and her own experiences. She does make some interesting points, but she makes the same ones over and over again. Having said all of this, it was still worth reading just for those thought provoking points. I wish she would have the work edited and re-published.
Free Mother to Good Home I have to admit, my wife asked me to read this book otherwise I would not have picked it up, first because I’m a guy and secondarily because I’m a very selective reader. To my surprise, not only was FREE MOTHER TO GOOD HOME an entertaining, easy read, it told “MY STORY” as well as the story of many of my friends and fellow parents. The author offers sound, common sense advice and isn’t afraid of being politically incorrect in her view of how American has spoiled its children and in some cases created teen and adult children who can become tyrants who rule the roost with an iron fist. What she calls the “E” generation. I can definitely recommend this book to everyone, not just mothers; dads can benefit from its wisdom and insights too.
A great summary of how to navigate or avoid estrangement with your adult children Having been through two estrangements, I feel as if I could have written this book! Everything I have learned through my own personal experience and pain is neatly summarized in this one book. I was amazed at how many common sense topics and things I have figured out were right there on the pages. The lessons learned in this book would be helpful for anyone trying to make sense out of adult child estrangement and most importantly encouraging towards finding yourself beyond your role of “Mom”.