I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!: A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict
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Book Overview
For mothers who are reeling from the rockiness of an ever-changing adolescent, or struggling with a relationship that's deteriorating by the day, here is encouragement, reassurance, and great advice.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0670883433
ISBN13:9780670883431
Release Date:March 1999
Publisher:Viking Books
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Very helpful book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is one of the best how to books I've ever read. It didn't save me just made me feel better about the insults being hurled my way by my teenage daughter. I too would like to hide until she leaves the house or take a boot & show her the door but of course will not do that. The book isn't a cure all because everyone has a different situation but I think you will find many helpful "reasons why."
No, I'm not going crazy!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I thought I going was nuts, not knowing how to parent my pre-teen. At last, a book to let me know I was not going crazy by myself, that it is perfectly normal what we are going through, why I as the mom am the target and spring board for her growing up. It also gives ideas on how to rethink parenting, your responses to issues. It shows why "I" the mom am the only one, cuz I'm the closest one to her, that she is 'experimenting with life' off of. I don't feel so alone, I'm okay, and can see why I get the backwash, and the testing. I highly recommend this book to other moms and also dads too, so they can understand the battle while they watch from the sidelines.
best book re teenage girls
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
At a time when I was ready to give up on being a mother till my teen "grew up", this book was a godsend. My feelings of desperation, confusion, loss, and wondering where I went wrong were all validated. I have already started trying techniques recommended. Even if it doesn't change my daughter, my perception has changed so that I'm better able to cope. Very readable (not a bunch of jargon) I'd recommend it to any mother of a teenage girl. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars was because there were no illustrations. Of course, as an adult I don't have to have them, but I like them. Sometimes a well-placed cartoon helps to illustrate a point. It may be the authors thought illustrations are inappropriate for their book.
Just what the doctor ordered to stay sane!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
It's comforting to know I'm not the only mom who has tumbled off her pedestal.Intuitively I may have known my daughter's adolescence would cause bumps in the road, but I had not anticipated many of her (and my!!) insensitive reactions. The book greatly helps to keep things in perspective.
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