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Bradshaw On: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem (Revised)
Bradshaw On: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem (Revised) | John Bradshaw
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Based on the public television series of the same name, Bradshaw On: The Family is John Bradshaw's seminal work on the dynamics of families that has sold more than a million copies since its original publication in 1988. Within its (…more)
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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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My mom bought me this book that she read in the 80s. It helped her overcome the damaging parenting that she went through, particularly as a kid of an alcoholic. Reading this book with that context in mind made me grateful she broke the cycle of not treating you children as human beings and the normalizing of abusive behaviour as 'good parenting.' I wouldn't recommend this book in any other circumstance other than the one I read it under, though!