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Child to Parent Aggression and Violence

Author : Hue San Kuay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042953521X
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Child to Parent Aggression and Violence written by Hue San Kuay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parent-directed aggression and violence by children is a complex issue and may not be explained by focusing upon a single factor. The affected parents tend to delay seeking help from professionals due to not knowing where to seek help or even an inability to identify their experiences as a problem. This book provides parents and professionals with the much-needed information to tackle this incidence. In this book, Hue San Kuay and Graham Towl draw upon the evidence from past studies and case examples to describe the occurrence of child to parent aggression and violence, and highlight the roles by individuals and communities in intervening and preventing agression and violence. The nature-versus-nurture debate is included and callous-unemotional traits are explained as a predictor of aggression. The effect of parent-directed aggression is discussed, and prevention and intervention methods are presented. Delaying help-seeking could lead to serious consequences and make it harder to effectively intervene. Child to Parent Aggression and Violence is an essential read for practitioners and researchers working with parents, and most importantly, for parents themselves. This book includes suggestions for interventions, self-assessment on parent-directed aggression by children, and points of contact as reference to ease the process for both parents and practitioners. The authors will donate their royalties in full to Family Lives, UK. This organisation was registered as a charity in 1999. Previously known as Parentline, they provide support for families through a helpline and also offer drop-in sessions. They give tailored parental support within the community and schools, and offer support on issues such as bullying, special educational needs, and support for specific groups.

Child to Parent Aggression and Violence

Author : Hue San Kuay
Publisher : New Frontiers in Forensic Psychology
ISBN 13 : 9780367200954
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Child to Parent Aggression and Violence written by Hue San Kuay and published by New Frontiers in Forensic Psychology. This book was released on 2021 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parent-directed aggression and violence by children is a complex issue and may not be explained by focusing upon a single factor. The affected parents tend to delay seeking help from professionals due to not knowing where to seek help or even an inability to identify their experiences as a problem. This book provides parents and professionals with the much-needed information to tackle this incidence. In this book, Hue San Kuay and Graham Towl draw upon the evidence from past studies and case examples to describe the occurrence of child to parent aggression and violence, and highlight the roles by individuals and communities in intervening and preventing agression and violence. The nature-versus-nurture debate is included and callous-unemotional traits are explained as a predictor of aggression. The effect of parent-directed aggression is discussed, and prevention and intervention methods are presented. Delaying help-seeking could lead to serious consequences and make it harder to effectively intervene. Child to Parent Aggression and Violence is an essential read for practitioners and researchers working with parents, and most importantly, for parents themselves. This book includes suggestions for interventions, self-assessment on parent-directed aggression by children, and points of contact as reference to ease the process for both parents and practitioners. The authors will donate their royalties in full to Family Lives, UK. This organisation was registered as a charity in 1999. Previously known as Parentline, they provide support for families through a helpline and also offer drop-in sessions. They give tailored parental support within the community and schools, and offer support on issues such as bullying, special educational needs, and support for specific groups.

Adolescent-to-Parent Violence and Abuse

Author : Elizabeth McCloud
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030825833
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Adolescent-to-Parent Violence and Abuse written by Elizabeth McCloud and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to break new ground in the way in which adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse is understood. Incorporating knowledge from an original research project undertaken in the UK and international literature, this book provides insight into the prevalence of this form of domestic violence which can include psychological, physical, and economic abuse. Young person and family characteristics are explored, and links are made between sibling aggression and school bullying behaviours. A key theme is how the data can be used to develop statistical models which can screen for young people behaving abusively towards their parents. It discusses how the research can be applied to inform theoretical frameworks, policy development, and professional practice, with a focus on prevention and early intervention that uses positive youth justice and restorative approaches.

The Concept of Validity

Author : Robert W. Lissitz
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1617352691
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Validity written by Robert W. Lissitz and published by IAP. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Validity is widely held to be the most important criterion for an assessment. Nevertheless, assessment professionals have disagreed about the meaning of validity almost from the introduction of the term as applied to testing about 100 years ago. Over the years, the best and brightest people in assessment have contributed their thinking to this problem and the fact that they have not agreed is testimony to the complexity and importance of validity. Even today, ways to define validity are being debated in the published literature in the assessment profession. How can such a fundamental concept be so controversial? This book brings focus to diverse perspectives about validity. Its chapter authors were chosen because of their expertise and because they differ from each other in the ways they think about the validity construct. Its introduction and ten chapters bridge both the theoretical and the practical. Contributors include most prominent names in the field of validity and their perspectives are at once cogent and controversial. From these diverse and well-informed discussions, the reader will gain a deep understanding of the core issues in validity along with directions toward possible resolutions. The debate that exists among these authors is a rich one that will stimulate the reader’s own understanding and opinion. Several chapters are oriented more practically. Ways to study validity are presented by professionals who blend current assessment practice with new suggestions for what sort of evidence to develop and how to generate the needed information. In addition they provide examples of some of the options on how to present the validity argument in the most effective ways. The initial chapter by the Editor is an effort to orient the reader as well as providing an overview of the book. Bob Lissitz has provided a brief perspective on each of the subsequent chapters as well as presenting a series of questions regarding validation that the reader will want to try to answer for themselves, as he or she reads through this book. This book’s topic is fundamental to assessment, its authors are distinguished, and its scope is broad. It deserves to become established as a fundamental reference on validity for years to come.

Who's In Charge?

Author : Eddie Gallagher
Publisher : Austin Macauley
ISBN 13 : 9781787101005
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Who's In Charge? written by Eddie Gallagher and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's in Charge?, written by Eddie Gallagher, is a book aimed at helping parents unravel the mysteries of violent and abusive children. For those who don't have difficult teenage children, this book will come as something of a thunderbolt as the misery that some parents and families endure is not well-documented or discussed. For those whose children are reasonably normal and average, this will come as something of a relief! Never again will you complain about sour faces, bad moods and bombsite bedrooms. Eddie Gallagher's main objective is to explore the facts and expose the taboo that surrounds the concept of children perpetrating violent acts upon their parents. However, Who's in Charge? contains a mine of information about family relationships, about emotions in general and stacks of advice about good parenting, so this is a book that every parent would benefit from reading. It will also be of interest to professionals and academics as there has been little written on this topic, and nothing with such scope. Candid, non-judgmental, certainly not sanctimonious and full of humour, Eddie Gallagher is able to take this difficult and largely hidden topic and expose it. Other topics are covered which would be of interest to any parent - the effect of social media and the internet, an increasing lack of respect towards authority in society - and the author also touches on the issue of violent abuse between adults within relationships plus the input of healthcare professionals and the moral minefield they face, all in all a veritable mine of information. Accessible, relevant and easy to read, every part of this book will impact someone somewhere, whether they have children or not.

Warning Signs

Author : Brian Johnson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613730454
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Warning Signs written by Brian Johnson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warning Signs provides practical methods to reduce harm to and by children. Doctors Johnson and Berdahl present the most common risk factors and warning signs, along with practical parenting advice and strategies for raising strong, safe kids and protecting them from becoming either perpetrators or victims. They explain how the "old" risk factors—child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, sexual assault, and poverty—have been compounded by new ones in the past 20 years, such as violent media, kids' entitled attitudes, parents' fear of intervention, and increases in childhood mental illness, disrupted families, substance use, bullying, access to weapons, and social media. They provide sample language for tough conversations with kids and with other adults. Full of specific, practical ideas, this book will appeal to parents who want to raise kind and compassionate children.

Adolescent Violence in the Home

Author : Gregory Routt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134093314
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Adolescent Violence in the Home written by Gregory Routt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescent Violence in the Home examines a form of violence that has a profound impact on families but is often overlooked and frequently misunderstood: teen aggression and violence toward members of their family—especially parents. Violence in adolescents is often seen as the result of a mental-health diagnosis, delinquency, or as a response to dysfunctional parenting, and though understanding a youth’s mental-health status or a parenting style can be helpful, complete focus on either is misplaced. Adolescent Violence in the Home uses a restorative framework, developed by the authors and in use in court systems and organizations around the world, to situate violent behaviors in the context of power and the intergenerational cycle of violence. Readers will come away from this book with a profound understanding of the social and individual factors that lead youth to use violence and how adolescent violence affects parents, and they’ll also learn about a variety of interventions that specifically address teen violence against parents.

Adolescent-to-parent Abuse

Author : Amanda Holt
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447300556
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Adolescent-to-parent Abuse written by Amanda Holt and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first academic book to focus on adolescent-to-parent abuse and brings together international research and practice literature and combines it with original research to identify and critique current understandings in research, policy and practice.

Breaking the Cycle of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse

Author : Mrs Elaine Morgan Ed M
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781522991823
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Cycle of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse written by Mrs Elaine Morgan Ed M and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our primary mission is to serve and support parents who have an aggressive teen within the home. Parents do the best they can with the tools they have. Most often, there is not enough support for the parents who go through this transition phase of their lives with their teens. Quite often, many parents of angry, aggressive children feel judged by others for 'not controlling' their child. If you are like so many parents of angry, aggressive or violent children, you probably have already consulted numerous therapist, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists, medical doctors and other professionals in an effort to help your child. By now, you must be exhausted- emotionally, physically and financial depleted. Still, you struggle to carry on. Often, no matter what you do, it never seems to get any better. If you can relate, you are in the right place. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Breaking the Cycle was founded on the belief that parenting is no easy task, and parenting an angry, aggressive or, even a violent child, is 100 times more challenging. This guide focuses on elevating the needs of you the parent.

Child to Parent Violence and Abuse

Author : Helen Bonnick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913414092
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Child to Parent Violence and Abuse written by Helen Bonnick and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Child to Parent Violence and Abuse

Author : Declan Coogan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784502316
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Child to Parent Violence and Abuse written by Declan Coogan and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an authoritative overview of the growing phenomena of child to parent violence - a feature in the daily life of increasing numbers of families - this book outlines what we know about it, what is effective in addressing it, and outlines a proven model for intervention. Based on non-violent resistance (NVR), the model is founded on a number of key elements: parental commitment to non-violence, de-escalation skills, increased parental presence, engaging the support network and acts of reconciliation. The book outlines the theory and principles, and provides pragmatic guidance for implementing these elements, accompanied by case studies to bring the theory to life.

Parenting Matters

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309388570
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.

The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children

Author : Robert Geffner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135424349
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children written by Robert Geffner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to help children cope with domestic violence! The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children examines the short- and long-term developmental issues facing children exposed to violence in their own homes. The book addresses the growing concern for children at risk of suffering psychological, behavioral, social, and educational problems, and for the effects childhood maltreatment may have on their adult lives. An interdisciplinary panel of researchers, academicians, attorneys, clinicians, and practitioners discuss treatment programs, theoretical perspectives, research and methodological issues, assessment and intervention, and forensic issues, including child custody. The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children addresses the emotional and behavioral disturbances children can suffer after being exposed to violence between their parents. It examines methodological and theoretical challenges, pilot programs for treatment, intervention models, therapeutic curricula, and family law. Practitioners and academics review dozens of studies, representative samples, probability samples, and research findings relating to children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors, adjustment difficulties, coping strategies. The book also examines: the association between emotional regulation and emotionality and marital and parent-child conflict in terms of children's adjustment and physical health how the experience of mothers in low-income families suffering severe physical abuse relates to children's behavior problems. how father-to-mother aggression reduces children's affinity with their parents problems of service delivery for battered mothers Canadian legislation involving wife abuse and child custody the well-being of families accessing treatment group interventions implemented in family agency and school settings how to develop interagency protocols and much more! The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children is an essential resource for professionals, advocates, and practitioners who work with abused children and maltreating families.

Lets Talk About:

Author : W. Thorley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781717725585
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Lets Talk About: written by W. Thorley and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out the final report for the 2018 Child to Parent Violence and Aggression survey by Dr Wendy Thorley and Mr Al Coates. The book is set out over 8 sections to recognise the voices of those parent/ carers who took part in the survey, detailing what their real world was and has been. Childrens violent and aggressive behaviour is gaining wider recognition across society that has led to an 'opening up' towards understanding what CPVA means; however in the real world little has changed in providing these families with the support they need now. This makes this book relevant to professionals and those within society as a parent/carer or those who want to gain better understanding of children's challenging, violent or aggressive behaviours. Within the book Section 1 looks back at the past 18 months of developing awareness of CPVA and provides an insight into who the parent/ carers were who took part in the survey; collectively representing 538 of the families living with CPVA today. Section 2 considers if there is a higher risk in some families of CPVA occurring than other families based on the type of family the child lives in and the approach to parenting adults adopt. This section also recognises that CPVA is not exclusively a parent/ carer issue but impacts and affects everyone within the home including siblings. Section 3 considers age-stage developmental norms and how these do not reflect the behaviour parent/ carers report. This section also challenges perceptions that CPVA is an adolescent concern and argues that the lack of support for children under the age of adolescence does little to address the behaviour becoming entrenched or escalating. Section 4 offers a wider approach to why children behave in this way and highlights that there is a distinct difference between those children who intend to engage CPVA and those children who do not. This section provides an alternative distinct pathway and argues that for those children who do not intend to display CPVA the World Health Organisation categories should be applied, rather than adopting CPVA definitions to reflect all children who display seen as CPVA. Section 5 presents the real world cost to families living with CPVA in both economical terms and emotional costs. Families living with CPVA highlight how this affects employment opportunities, relationships, and their overall physical and emotional well-being that over time is costly not only to the family themselves but to society overall. Section 6 reflects on who supports families living with CPVA across a range of services and discusses effectiveness from the family viewpoint, that leads to Section 7. Section 7 provides the parent/ carer voice and highlights what these families would like to happen next, in order to support them and their child. nine recommendations are made by parent/ carers living with CPVA if society is to move from talking about CPVA and addressing CPVA. the final section, Section 8, reflects on CPVA overall and reconsiders how CPVA is perceived across society and across those services who support families, highlighting that without change the status quo remains.

Child to Parent Violence and Abuse

Author : Helen Bonnick
Publisher : Pavilion Publishing and Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781912755257
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book Child to Parent Violence and Abuse written by Helen Bonnick and published by Pavilion Publishing and Media Limited. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA), where a child or young person uses verbal, physical, psychological or financial means to gain power or control over a parent or carer, is a much misunderstood problem that affects the lives of millions of families around the world. Despite this, and the lasting damage it can cause, CPVA is an underreported issue, and one that presents a serious challenge to practitioners and support services -- not least because it inverts our normal understanding of abuse within the family. In this book Helen Bonnick shares the knowledge that she has built up over many years specialising in CPVA as a social worker, practice educator and researcher. Following an introductory chapter, the book is divided into five sections that develop an understanding of key issues before moving on to a more structured approach to supporting families. Illustrated throughout with real-life anecdotes, testimony and advice from those who have faced CPVA, Child to Parent Violence and Abuse brings this complex issue out of the shadows and provides much needed guidance to practitioners. - Presents a broad understanding of the key issues involved in CPVA for all those working with troubled families, as well as students currently undergoing training - Explores an issue of threatening and/or violent behaviour in the home that affects millions of parents, yet remains poorly understood by practitioners in the field - Proceeds from definitions, prevalence and impact to specific suggestions for responses and proven models for intervention (e.g. 'Step-Up', 'Who's in Charge') - Each chapter is illustrated with real life anecdotes and testimony of families who have given permission for their voices to be included

Antisocial Behaviour and Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People

Author : National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain)
Publisher : RCPsych Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781908020611
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Antisocial Behaviour and Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People written by National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain) and published by RCPsych Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antisocial behaviour and conduct disorders are the most common reason for referral to child and adolescent mental health services and have a significant impact on the quality of life of children and young people and their parents and carers. Rates of other mental health problems (including antisocial personality disorder) are considerably increased for adults who had a conduct disorder in childhood. This new NICE guideline seeks to address these problems by offering advice on prevention strategies and a range of psychosocial interventions.It reviews the evidence across the care pathway, encompassing access to and delivery of services, experience of care, selective prevention interventions, case identification and assessment, psychological and psychosocial indicated prevention and treatment interventions, and pharmacological and physical interventions.Readership: Intended for healthcare professionals in CAMHS, but this will also be useful to professionals in primary care (as there is much emphasis on recognition).

Difficult

Author : Judith R. Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538138891
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Difficult written by Judith R. Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed perspective on how to mother difficult adult children while balancing one’s own needs. Difficult brings to life the conflicts that arise for mothers who are confronted with the unexpected, burdensome, and even catastrophic dependencies of their adult children associated with mental illness, substance use, or chronic unemployment. Through real stories of mothers and their challenging adult children, this book offers relatable, provocative, and, at times, shocking illustrations of the excruciating maternal dilemma: Which takes precedence—the needs of the mother or of the distressed adult child? With guidance for finding social support, staying safe, engaging in self-care, and helping the adult child, Difficult is a compassionate resource for those living in a family situation which too many keep secret and allows readers to see that they are not alone.