‘Mum, What’s Wrong with You?’

101 Things Only Mothers of Teenage Girls Know

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‘Mum, What’s Wrong with You?’

By: Lorraine Candy

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Sunday Times bestseller

‘The mothering manual we all need’ Claudia Winkleman

Mums: are you feeling lonely, confused or worried? Are you panicking that maybe you’re getting everything wrong? Does it, in the words of Lorraine Candy’s own teenage daughter, ‘suck to be you’ (Mum) right now?

Welcome to the most challenging part of your parenting journey: the teenage years.

It was all going so well and then, out of the blue, the little girl you love to the moon and back turned into an irrational, fire-breathing dragon. She lives in a messy pit of wet towels and sticky mugs, hoarding other people’s phone chargers and eyebrow tweezers, while rudely rejecting maternal intervention or affection.

Do not worry. You’re not alone. Parenting columnist Lorraine Candy, a mum of four (including three teens), is here to help. Her warm and witty family memoir will lead you to a more harmonious parenting place. Alongside a wealth of hilarious personal anecdotes, Candy offers you useful, easy-to-follow, well-researched guidance from experts.

This is a survivor’s guide for mums. This book will help you connect with your daughter and feel good about your mothering as you raise the bright and brilliant young women of tomorrow.

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‘The mothering manual we all need’ Claudia Winkleman

‘Parenting is a massive tsunami of inadequacy. This book is a gentle, supportive hand to help us ride that tsunami, both personal and objective. I found it deeply comforting’ Davina McCall

'This book is for all mums of teenage girls who are still standing despite the daily takedowns, the hourly scrutiny of our various failings and the moment-by-moment dissection of our useless boomer existence. It will make you want to run into the street shouting "See? It's not me – it's HER!"' Jackie Clune

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This book is a good read. I have enjoyed listening to it. It is narrated very well and the author has added her own family experience to elaborate on meanings and scenarios.

I don’t necessarily agree the importance of friends and connections are strongly as the author. Friendships can be very turbulent in the teenage years. I feel the author has been very lucky to avoid or experience extreme negative behaviour from her daughters friends or peers.

I also think the author is writing from a very financially secure position. Which opens door to opportunities to her teens which may be unattainable for most.

I have taken away parts of the information presented in this book. I do steer towards Gabor Maté theory around peer group orientation.

Lastly, I hope that my children are empathetic enough to only laugh about me behind my back.