Does anyone have any book suggestions that touch on the ever changing dynamics between adults and their parents? I feel like I’m feeling so many ways about my own parents. I love them dearly yet they’ve done things in my childhood that I absolutely don’t want to repeat. I feel like as a kid I saw them as “my parents” and now that I’m an adult I see them as two multi faceted people who have a whole identity aside from being a parent just trying to make it and doing their best. Just as I don’t want to be defined by my worst moments, I don’t want to define them by theirs. I could go into even more with the changes that happen in a relationship with a father and his daughter as she gets older. The closeness and distance ebbs and flows. I’m so grateful for them in so many ways but sometimes I truly don’t understand them. But just as I don’t want to be changed or forced into a box, I don’t want to impose my thoughts feelings onto them. We disagree on some things, agree on others, and it’s just such a wild and reflective time in my relationships with my parents. I feel like I have a hard time putting it all into words and would love a book suggestion (any genre) that is maybe a reflection of someone else’s thoughts about their parental relationship or just about the dynamics of adult parental relationships. Thank you in advance 🙂
by slebsta
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While I also wait for a recommendation for a book in this thread I want to give you a shoutout to have the motivation to gain more insight into this. Bibliotherapy can be very effective.