Finding Happiness in Parenthood,
the Toughest, Most Fulfilling Job Ever
By Calvin A. Colarusso, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
University of California at San Diego
Parenthood is one of life's most profound, rewarding, and difficult experiences. Becoming a parent isn't much of a problem. In fact, the process is usually, if not always, enjoyable. But nature plays a dirty trick. There are a few minutes of pleasure and profound enjoyment along the way as your child grows and matures. But there are also sleepless nights, endless car pools, disappointments and potential problems at every step of the way. Anthropologist David Guttman spoke of the “chronic emergency of parenthood.”
In this book, psychiatrist Calvin A. Colarusso, M.D., father of three and grandfather of six, who has seen it all, traces the experience of parenthood from pregnancy through the stages of childhood and adolescence and through the years of living with adult children and grandchildren. With wit and wisdom, he elaborates on the pleasures and travails of one of life's most profound experiences.
This is a book for prospective parents and for parents of any age.
Finding Happiness in Parenthood, the Toughest, Most Fulfilling Job Ever
provides parents with a roadmap for raising their children, guiding them around potholes, and providing scenic overviews to enhance the pleasure of this most fascinating of life's journeys.
This book includes information on:
• Understanding the psychological impact of pregnancy on mothers and fathers
• Parenting practices which promote children's development
• Accepting the inevitable march of children into the big world outside the home
• Gracefully integrating in-laws into the family
• Allowing grown children to facilitate their parents' transition into late adulthood
Use the strategies in this book to become happy parent of a healthy child.
About the Author: Calvin A. Colarusso, M.D.
An eminent authority in the field of development, Dr. Colarusso is a board-certified Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, where he served for two decades as Director of the Child Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
He is also a Training and Supervising Analyst in child and adult psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute and an internationally known lecturer to students, professionals, and the general public on many aspects of normal and pathologic development.
His six books in print have been published in English, Korean, and Spanish. See http://amzn.to/calcolarusso.
Amazon Review5.0 out of 5 stars Great Advice and Information, December 16, 2011
By paula This review is from: Finding Happiness in Parenthood, the Toughest, Most Fulfilling Job Ever (Kindle Edition)
"Parenthood is the most life altering experience that a man or a woman can have and many of us give it barely a second thought until we are in the thick of it. This book is so filled with just the information that everyone needs to know from the getgo that it should be required reading in every child birth prep class. This book is written by a psychiatrist who is a family therapist. He clearly has counselled many patients that dove into parenting and nearly broke their necks. Thanks to the author for all this insight and information. My parents could have used a book like this. My own children are still pre-teens and the advice here, thankfully, has come not too late to use."
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the Toughest, Most Fulfilling Job Ever
By Calvin A. Colarusso, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
University of California at San Diego
Parenthood is one of life's most profound, rewarding, and difficult experiences. Becoming a parent isn't much of a problem. In fact, the process is usually, if not always, enjoyable. But nature plays a dirty trick. There are a few minutes of pleasure and profound enjoyment along the way as your child grows and matures. But there are also sleepless nights, endless car pools, disappointments and potential problems at every step of the way. Anthropologist David Guttman spoke of the “chronic emergency of parenthood.”
In this book, psychiatrist Calvin A. Colarusso, M.D., father of three and grandfather of six, who has seen it all, traces the experience of parenthood from pregnancy through the stages of childhood and adolescence and through the years of living with adult children and grandchildren. With wit and wisdom, he elaborates on the pleasures and travails of one of life's most profound experiences.
This is a book for prospective parents and for parents of any age.
Finding Happiness in Parenthood, the Toughest, Most Fulfilling Job Ever
provides parents with a roadmap for raising their children, guiding them around potholes, and providing scenic overviews to enhance the pleasure of this most fascinating of life's journeys.
This book includes information on:
• Understanding the psychological impact of pregnancy on mothers and fathers
• Parenting practices which promote children's development
• Accepting the inevitable march of children into the big world outside the home
• Gracefully integrating in-laws into the family
• Allowing grown children to facilitate their parents' transition into late adulthood
Use the strategies in this book to become happy parent of a healthy child.
About the Author: Calvin A. Colarusso, M.D.
An eminent authority in the field of development, Dr. Colarusso is a board-certified Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, where he served for two decades as Director of the Child Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
He is also a Training and Supervising Analyst in child and adult psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute and an internationally known lecturer to students, professionals, and the general public on many aspects of normal and pathologic development.
His six books in print have been published in English, Korean, and Spanish. See http://amzn.to/calcolarusso.
Amazon Review5.0 out of 5 stars Great Advice and Information, December 16, 2011
By paula This review is from: Finding Happiness in Parenthood, the Toughest, Most Fulfilling Job Ever (Kindle Edition)
"Parenthood is the most life altering experience that a man or a woman can have and many of us give it barely a second thought until we are in the thick of it. This book is so filled with just the information that everyone needs to know from the getgo that it should be required reading in every child birth prep class. This book is written by a psychiatrist who is a family therapist. He clearly has counselled many patients that dove into parenting and nearly broke their necks. Thanks to the author for all this insight and information. My parents could have used a book like this. My own children are still pre-teens and the advice here, thankfully, has come not too late to use."
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