Getting Over Your Parents

Untangling your childhood

The School of Life

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Hardback

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English

Affirm Press
30 July 2024

Popular philosophy; Psychology; Psychology: emotions; Advice on parenting; Popular psychology

Our parents are a huge deal: whether we adore them or keep them at a distance, who we are today (what love stories we get into, our attitudes to work, our self-esteem) is crucially determined by our relationships with the vastly significant people who put us on the earth.

Getting Over Your Parents is a practical guide on how to navigate the often complex legacies left to us by our parents. It gives us a vocabulary with which to understand certain of the stranger and more difficult things that parents sometimes do to their children - as well as advice on how to move forward from our puzzles or confusions. The emphasis is never on blame, always simply on understanding.

The book recognises that while some of us wouldn't want to change very much about our childhoods, many more of us hope to get to grips with particular things that unfolded decades ago.

This book helps us to explore the past so that we can secure for ourselves the more creative, calm and loving future we deserve.

By: The School of Life
Imprint: Affirm Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 125mm,
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781915087522
ISBN 10: 191508752X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 30 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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