I Can Fix This: And Other Lies I Told Myself While Parenting My Struggling Child
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AlbakiReads Editorial A parent’s reckoning with the urge to solve a child’s pain
A parent’s reckoning with the urge to solve a child’s pain
Kristina Kuzmič frames this parenting memoir around the limits of problem-solving when a teenager’s mental-health struggles cannot be managed through a checklist. Drawing on her family’s experience, she examines the pressures created by expert advice, social media, and inherited expectations of what a capable parent should do. The book organizes its reflections around ten beliefs about parenting that Kuzmič says prolonged her family’s crisis, pairing self-examination with approaches she found more constructive. Its central concern is not parental control, but learning how to offer support amid uncertainty, mistakes, and a child’s developing independence.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Parents supporting a teenager through mental-health challenges
- Readers interested in candid parenting memoirs
- Parents questioning rigid advice and expectations in parenting culture
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Parenting and mental healthParental expectationsFamily crisisSupport versus controlSocial-media pressure
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Book Overview From the author of Hold On, But Don't Hold Still, the emotionally charged and eye-opening account of a mother who navigates the cacophony...
From the author of Hold On, But Don't Hold Still, the emotionally charged and eye-opening account of a mother who navigates the cacophony of best practices and urgent advice from parenting authorities in search of a way to support her teen as he maps his own path to mental health.
When Kristina Kuzmič started to see signs that her otherwise sunny, resilient teenage son was struggling, she was sure a few simple fixes could right the ship. But over the following months, the issues her family faced became more nuanced, complicated, and pervasive than she could've predicted--and what began as a clear to do list spiraled into an emotionally fraught and seemingly endless push and pull between signs of progress and overwhelming fear.
Despite her best efforts, Kuzmič had internalized a set of obligations, ideas, and unrealistic standards from parenting culture and social media that left her unprepared to guide her child when he needed her most. Featuring an urgent and affirming foreword by renowned and New York Times bestselling clinician Dr. Shefali Tsabary--Kuzmič's new book debunks ten "parenting truths" that kept her in crisis, and delves into her insecurities and the mistakes she made to reveal invaluable lessons and transformative approaches that worked.
While her family stands on the other side now stronger than ever, Kuzmič's journey calls to parents who have felt the instinct to say "I can fix this" in situations where good intentions far exceed our abilities to enact change.
When Kristina Kuzmič started to see signs that her otherwise sunny, resilient teenage son was struggling, she was sure a few simple fixes could right the ship. But over the following months, the issues her family faced became more nuanced, complicated, and pervasive than she could've predicted--and what began as a clear to do list spiraled into an emotionally fraught and seemingly endless push and pull between signs of progress and overwhelming fear.
Despite her best efforts, Kuzmič had internalized a set of obligations, ideas, and unrealistic standards from parenting culture and social media that left her unprepared to guide her child when he needed her most. Featuring an urgent and affirming foreword by renowned and New York Times bestselling clinician Dr. Shefali Tsabary--Kuzmič's new book debunks ten "parenting truths" that kept her in crisis, and delves into her insecurities and the mistakes she made to reveal invaluable lessons and transformative approaches that worked.
While her family stands on the other side now stronger than ever, Kuzmič's journey calls to parents who have felt the instinct to say "I can fix this" in situations where good intentions far exceed our abilities to enact change.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 240 | Language: English | Publisher: PENGUIN LIFE | ISBN: 0593653335
FormatHardcover
Pages240
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0593653335
EAN9780593653333
PublisherPENGUIN LIFE
Publication Date2024-05-21
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Age GroupUncategorized
Weight0.73 Pounds
Length8.52 Inches
Width5.82 Inches
Height0.94 Inches
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