WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR KIDS WHEN WE FAIL TO GROW UP?

When did we stop wanting to grow up? Why are we reaching out less and complaining more? What has sparked our growing skittishness at everyday annoyances, and what's behind our frequent talk of ‘special' and deserving'?
What Happens to Our Kids When We Fail to Grow Up? by bestselling author Maggie Hamilton, explains how to recognize when the child in us comes out to play, from wanting to be rescued all the time to relying on others to do the
heavy lifting. With clear-eyed analysis, Hamilton provides insightful ideas and practical tools to make us less escapist and more resilient, and to better prime our kids for health, happiness and independence in this complex world.

Through a rich mix of one-on-one interviews and case studies, research, mythology and pop culture, Maggie examines this sense of entitlement and grandiosity; our mood swings and frequently inconsistent behavior; our penchant for rule-breaking; our dislike of any form of feedback; our willingness to default to blame, to avoid and/or criticize those who are different; our need to be noticed -- to always be right; our constant need for reassurance, and our determination to remain forever young.

Here is a book about greater self-care and awareness, how to pass these essential skills onto our kids, to create a better tomorrow and for readers wanting to better understand the present, and step with greater confidence into the future. The central message = How we learn to do the difficult things so they become easy and we become strong. How to grow those parts of ourselves up that are languishing in adolescence (we all have them).