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The Parent You Have

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The Parent You Have

By: Whitney Goodman
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Drawing from her extensive clinical experience and research drawn from over 2,000 estranged adult children.

Whitney Goodman delivers an accessible guide that will helps readers to:

  • Understand the underlying causes of difficult parent relationships
  • Address the shame that comes from having strained parent relationships
  • Manage present-day dynamics with their parent
  • Navigate the complex decision between maintaining contact, going low contact or choosing estrangement
  • Accept the parent they have - while grieving the parent they wanted
  • Recognise when reconciliation is possible and implement safe strategies for healthier connections

The author’s approach is unique as it focuses on the present relationship in adulthood, not just what happened in the past. While most audiobooks on parent-child estrangement tend to be from the parent's perspective, The Parent You Have gives a voice to adult children navigating these difficulties.

© 2026 Whitney Goodman (P) 2026 DK Audio

Parenting & Families Relationships
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