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Summary: It's About Time!!
Review: Dr.& Mrs. Jacobs have hit the nail on the head with this wonderful exploration of and guide to the parent/child/adult relationship. After over 45 years of observing my patients, as well as my own children, struggle to grow in a world of constantly changing values so diferent from my generation's, I am well aware of a parent's great need for advice and wisdom when they leave our nest.......and wisdom is omnipresent throughout this direct and succinct book. It is an easy read of the hard facts about our adult children and their need, as well as ours, for a successful amd loving relationship together. Hooray for the Jacobs!
Donald Schiffman, MD
Emeritus Director of Pediatrics
Hackensack University Medical Center
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Summary: It's About Time!!
Review: Dr.& Mrs. Jacobs have hit the nail on the head with this wonderful exploration of and guide to the parent/child/adult relationship. After over 45 years of observing my patients, as well as my own children, struggle to grow in a world of constantly changing values so diferent from my generation's, I am well aware of a parent's great need for advice and wisdom when they leave our nest.......and wisdom is omnipresent throughout this direct and succinct book. It is an easy read of the hard facts about our adult children and their need, as well as ours, for a successful amd loving relationship together. Hooray for the Jacobs!
Donald Schiffman, MD
Emeritus Director of Pediatrics
Hackensack University Medical Center
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Summary: Another Idea Is...
Review: Everyone should try the Talmud and The Torah to learn better human relations than you will find in this book. The Judaic rules about "lashon hara" say it all and say it all better than the Jacobs duo.
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Summary: Another Idea Is...
Review: Everyone should try the Talmud and The Torah to learn better human relations than you will find in this book. The Judaic rules about "lashon hara" say it all and say it all better than the Jacobs duo.
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Summary: Another Idea Is...
Review: Everyone should try the Talmud and The Torah to learn better human relations than you will find in this book. The Judaic rules about "lashon hara" say it all and say it all better than the Jacobs duo.
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Summary: Where was this book 10 years ago?
Review: Having read the book, I find I've taken yet another step in parenting and am finding it easier to allow my grown children to control their own lives. Learning to look at them through this new pair of glasses also helps me to realize that I don't have to view every misstep in their lives as some lacking on my part. Giving up that burden has freed me to enjoy my own life more.I was surprised to read a review saying the authors didn't take a stand on right and wrong. By the time a parent is reading this book, their time for teaching their offspring morals and the difference between right and wrong is past. This book is all about acknowledging our children as adults and that includes acceptance of the fact they may choose to disagree with some of our teachings. Children are not free to become true adults until we acknowledge them as such. Do we give them this gift only if they agree with us? Sounds withholding to me. For parents who are interested in deepening their relationship with their offspring, I think this book is a godsend. Easy, quick and very practical read!
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Summary: Where was this book 10 years ago?
Review: Having read the book, I find I've taken yet another step in parenting and am finding it easier to allow my grown children to control their own lives. Learning to look at them through this new pair of glasses also helps me to realize that I don't have to view every misstep in their lives as some lacking on my part. Giving up that burden has freed me to enjoy my own life more. I was surprised to read a review saying the authors didn't take a stand on right and wrong. By the time a parent is reading this book, their time for teaching their offspring morals and the difference between right and wrong is past. This book is all about acknowledging our children as adults and that includes acceptance of the fact they may choose to disagree with some of our teachings. Children are not free to become true adults until we acknowledge them as such. Do we give them this gift only if they agree with us? Sounds withholding to me. For parents who are interested in deepening their relationship with their offspring, I think this book is a godsend. Easy, quick and very practical read!
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Summary: It's about time!
Review: It's about time someone wrote a book on how to be a parent to our grown children. The Jacobs compassionate guide to letting go, while still remaining a parent rang true for me. I don't think I am alone when I say I want to continue to have a loving parental relationship with my newly grown children. How does one parent the recent college graduate who is returning home to live with mom and dad, or the newly married child, or the child who was downsized and is returning home out of economic neccesity.The Jacobs give several suggestions on how to handle these situations with love and compassion. They do include a section on how to tell your adult child it is time to move on. I'm surprised by some of the other reviewers point of view. We are parents forever and never stop wanting the best for our kids. The Jacobs have added a valuable tool for any thinking parents book shelf. I say Bravo!
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Summary: It's about time!
Review: Oh what can I say about this book? It's advice of the wild and crazy variety, I read it with the song "Anything Goes" parading through my thoughts as an accompaniment. These authors would do well to return to their own roots if they want to really understand human behavior. They should read The Talmud and the Torah to understand humanism because humanism just isn't wild and crazy liberalism!
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Summary: Anything Goes
Review: Oh what can I say about this book? It's advice of the wild and crazy variety, I read it with the song "Anything Goes" parading through my thoughts as an accompaniment. These authors would do well to return to their own roots if they want to really understand human behavior. They should read The Talmud and the Torah to understand humanism because humanism just isn't wild and crazy liberalism!
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