I Only Say This Because I Love You
Talking to Your Parents, Partner, Sibs, and Kids when You're All Adults
New York : Ballantine Books, 2002.
Format: Book
Edition: 1st Ballantine books ed.
Description: xxvii, 336 pages ; 21 cm
A guide to communicating better within families explains how to untie the knots that often hamper important discussions and how to enhance personal relationships among family members by understanding the art of conversation and listening.
Contents:
"I can't even open my mouth" : separating messages from metamessages in family talk -- "Who do you love best? : family secrets, family gossip : taking sides -- A brief interlude I : "Go ahead, treat me like a stranger" -- Fighting for love : connection and control in family arguments -- "I'm sorry, I'm not apologizing" : why women apologize more than men, and why it matters -- "She said," "He said" : gender patterns in family talk -- "You guys are living in the past" : talking with teens -- A brief interlude II : "Call me by my rightful name" -- "I'm still your mother" : mothers and adult children -- "Help me--get out of my way" : sisters and brothers forever -- In-laws and other strangers : mixing families, mixing talk -- Coda : talking families.
ISBN:
0345407520
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
FAMILY Tan | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Originally published: New York : Random House, ©2001.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index.