BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20171108T164213Z DTSTAMP:20171108T164213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191030T144743Z DESCRIPTION:\n\nBehind nearly\nevery adult who is accused of a crime\, becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol\, or\nwho is severely mentally ill and acting out in public\, there is usually at\nleast one extremely stressed-out parent. This parent may initially react with\nthe bad news of their adult child behaving badly with\, "Oh no!"\nfollowed by\, "How can I help to fix this?" A very common third\nreaction is the thought\, "Where did I go wrong--was it something I said or\ndid\, or that I failed to do when my child was growing up that caused these\nissues? Is this really somehow all my fault?" These parents then open\ntheir homes\, their pocketbooks\, their hearts\, and their futures to\n"saving" their adult child--who may go on to leave them financially\nand emotionally broken. Sometimes these families also raise the children their\nadult children leave behind: 1.6 million grandparents in the U.S. are in this\nsituation.\nThis helpful book presents families with quotations and scenarios from\nreal suffering parents (who are not identified)\, practical advice\, and tested\nstrategies for coping. It also discusses the fact that parents of adult\nchildren may themselves need therapy and medications\, especially\nantidepressants. The book is written in a clear\, reassuring manner by Dr. Joel\nL. Young\, medical director of the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine in\nRochester Hills\, Michigan\; with noted medical writer Christine Adamec\, author\nof many books in the field. \nIn the wake of the Newtown shooting and the viral popularity of the post\n"I Am Adam Lanza's Mother\," America is now taking a fresh look\, not\nonly at gun control\, but also on how we treat mental illness. Another major\nissue is our support or stigmatization of those with adult children who are a\nmajor risk to their families as well to society itself. This book is part of\nthat conversation.Book Discussion sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness Farmington Valley and the library.  \;  \;All readers are welcome. \; Copies of the book are available at the library one month prior to the discussion date.  \; Registration is appreciated. \; \nImage URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.evanced.info/Customer/prosserlibrary/WHEN_YOUR_ADULT_CHILD_BREAKS_YOUR_HEART_A2135554.PNG X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Behind nearly\nevery adult who is accused of a crime\, becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol\, or\nwho is severely mentally ill and acting out in public\, there is usually at\nleast one extremely stressed-out parent. This parent may initially react with\nthe bad news of their adult child behaving badly with\, "Oh no!"\nfollowed by\, "How can I help to fix this?" A very common third\nreaction is the thought\, "Where did I go wrong--was it something I said or\ndid\, or that I failed to do when my child was growing up that caused these\nissues? Is this really somehow all my fault?" These parents then open\ntheir homes\, their pocketbooks\, their hearts\, and their futures to\n"saving" their adult child--who may go on to leave them financially\nand emotionally broken. Sometimes these families also raise the children their\nadult children leave behind: 1.6 million grandparents in the U.S. are in this\nsituation.
\nThis helpful book presents families with quotations and scenarios from\nreal suffering parents (who are not identified)\, practical advice\, and tested\nstrategies for coping. It also discusses the fact that parents of adult\nchildren may themselves need therapy and medications\, especially\nantidepressants. The book is written in a clear\, reassuring manner by Dr. Joel\nL. Young\, medical director of the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine in\nRochester Hills\, Michigan\; with noted medical writer Christine Adamec\, author\nof many books in the field.
\nIn the wake of the Newtown shooting and the viral popularity of the post\n"I Am Adam Lanza's Mother\," America is now taking a fresh look\, not\nonly at gun control\, but also on how we treat mental illness. Another major\nissue is our support or stigmatization of those with adult children who are a\nmajor risk to their families as well to society itself. This book is part of\nthat conversation.