Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents

This book is a wonderful resource for parents who are struggling with how to effectively communicate with their adult kids as they maneuver through life's challenges. Highly recommended.

This book has great stories to help people see how others have been in a situation that we could find ourselves in. This helps to realize we are not alone and helps us to see how people overcame the situations. However, I didn't find the book really had a lot of instruction as to how to navigate the relationship between my adult children and myself. I found that for the most part, I had already discovered what was talked about... Read Full Review

This is an excellent quick read for people with difficult family members who tantrum, manipulate, bully, flip from personable to attacks, undermine your esteem, use you to elevate their own esteem, feel persecuted while persecuting. It's a 'must read' to salvage your sanity and your family and to understand how people living tortured lives torture others.

What a wonderful and useful book! Jane Isay has done a brilliant (and highly readable)) job of examining the nature of our relationships with our adult children and gives truly invaluable advice about how to navigate these treacherous waters. I recommend it to all parents and their adult children alike!

I purchased this book as a mother's day gift for my mom. We do not have the best relationship, and I wanted to find a gift that would help our bond to grow stronger. At first she was hurt by the gesture, but she ended up reading the book in 2 days and called me with only rave reviews. She said it felt as though the author were speaking directly to her and understood everything that went on between her and her kids. She... Read Full Review