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133 Ways to Avoid Going Cuckoo When the Kids Fly the Nest: A Parent's Guide for Surviving Empty Nest Syndrome
The Perfect Graduation Gift-for Parents!
What's a parent to do when the kids leave home? Mixing humor with practical advice, Lauren Schaffer and Sandy Fleischl Wasserman's 133 Ways to Avoid Going Cuckoo When the Kids Fly the Nest is a good friend to laugh with, a shoulder to cry on, and a manual of sound advice to help those in need keep their sense of humor while riding the emotional roller coaster of Empty Nest Syndrome. Their essential, indispensable tips and strategies encompass everything from the painful first days to return visits to expressing your new empty-nester self, including:
* Why you shouldn't immediately convert your kid's room into a
studio, bordello, or workshop
* The right movies for a good laugh or cry
* How to keep the lines of communication open (use good old-
fashioned guilt to keep the phone calls coming)
* How to stuff a wild care package
* Return visit diplomacy (do not take personally her overwhelming desire to reconnect with friends instead of cozying up to you for a long pajama-clad chat)
* How to fight maudlin memories (go to Toys "R" Us between Thanksgiving and Christmas and eavesdrop on some tantrums)
What's a parent to do when the kids leave home? Mixing humor with practical advice, Lauren Schaffer and Sandy Fleischl Wasserman's 133 Ways to Avoid Going Cuckoo When the Kids Fly the Nest is a good friend to laugh with, a shoulder to cry on, and a manual of sound advice to help those in need keep their sense of humor while riding the emotional roller coaster of Empty Nest Syndrome. Their essential, indispensable tips and strategies encompass everything from the painful first days to return visits to expressing your new empty-nester self, including:
* Why you shouldn't immediately convert your kid's room into a
studio, bordello, or workshop
* The right movies for a good laugh or cry
* How to keep the lines of communication open (use good old-
fashioned guilt to keep the phone calls coming)
* How to stuff a wild care package
* Return visit diplomacy (do not take personally her overwhelming desire to reconnect with friends instead of cozying up to you for a long pajama-clad chat)
* How to fight maudlin memories (go to Toys "R" Us between Thanksgiving and Christmas and eavesdrop on some tantrums)
112 pages, Paperback
First published July 17, 2001
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March 3, 2018
The title tells all, it was a quick read, and there was a lot of generic and basic self that should apply to just about anyone who is going throw an empty nest situation. If you are in a basic generic situation that's great, and most of the points should come to you naturally. But what if you are not in a generic situation? One point asks you too ask your parents what you were like when you left home as therapy. Ha ha. Well. I was 11 and I tearfully called children's services after a childhood of abuse, to come get me from my single mom, she has hit me with a phone book and I wanted to go. When I returned to her custody at 12, I found her dead body after her suicide. That's when I left home. No dad, he's a pedophile. And my last daughter, she hasn't listened to chores or responsibilities and has just left, was quite loud ...no nothing no phone no email...
So, mostly, there was not much I found helpful.
The book was under the impression that this was a happy transitional phase, and as parents we could handle it with grace and poise, and pretty cartoons. A bit of delusion, but still somewhat cute, it's ok as a general guide. That's it.
So, mostly, there was not much I found helpful.
The book was under the impression that this was a happy transitional phase, and as parents we could handle it with grace and poise, and pretty cartoons. A bit of delusion, but still somewhat cute, it's ok as a general guide. That's it.
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