LOVING HARD-TO-LOVE PARENTS
A Handbook for Adult Children of Difficult Older Parents

Everyone knows some truly fine people in their thirties to sixties whose older parents treat them really badly, with hurtful sarcasm, irrational demands, constant criticism, and undeserved anger. These frustrated, unappreciated adult sons and daughters simply want to be good to their parents. Perhaps you are one of these people yourself.
 
In this unique handbook, Dr. Chafetz provides adult children of difficult older parents (CODOPs) the tools they need to:
  • Protect themselves emotionally
  • Effectively love their hard-to-love older relatives
  • Create a healthy legacy for their own children
 
Here are thirty powerful, time-tested tools for CODOPs:
  • Ten concepts to empower their minds
  • Ten insights to comfort their hearts
  • Ten behavioral skills to guide their actions
About the author:
Dr. Chafetz, clinical psychologist, is a full-time private practitioner in Dallas, Texas. Trained at Brown University, the University of Florida, Duke University Medical Center, and the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences in Houston, Dr. Chafetz is a dynamic speaker, a prolific blogger, and a former associate professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He has twice served as president of the Dallas Psychological Association. 
"Dr. Chafetz summarizes years of clinical experience into key principles and steps for action."
- Dr. Sara Qualls, Director, Aging Center and Gerontology Center, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
​"This book is a must-read. It would have saved me from many sleepless nights."
- Pam Boyd, author of Rescripting the Workplace​
"Chock-filled with pearls of wisdom."
-Dr. Victor Molinari, School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida