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and even though she’s been struggling to manage her chronic anxiety

they begin to learn the real intention behind the inheritance scheme—and the secret their mother kept tucked away in the old fishing tackle box

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Not long after their arrival

When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us: Letting Go of Their Problems, Loving Them Anyway, and Getting on with Our Lives Cards and even though she’s beenHow do parents cope when their adult children struggle to launch, battle depression or addiction, or return home unable to face independence? With empathy and insight, When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us confronts the painful gap between parental hopes and the reality of adultolescents who are stuck, struggling, or spiraling. In this groundbreaking book, a social psychologist whos been chronicling the lives of American families for over two decades