BOOMERANG KIDS: A REVEALING LOOK AT WHY SO MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ARE FAILING ON THEIR OWN, AND HOW PARENTS CAN HELP

Book ID/图书代码： 12311014B72623

English Summary/英文概要： "She’s 22 years old, for heaven’s sake! We thought she’d be grown up by now. But no, it’s one more crisis after another. And then she calls on us-for emotional support, problem-solving advice. Even money...although we’ve gotten pretty tough about that. It’s like she’s still a teen! Why is it so hard for her just to act like an adult?"

Around age 18, most young people expect, and are expected to, move out and live on their own-either at college or in an apartment. But more and more often, "boomerang kids" are returning home defeated, leaving you frustrated and at a loss for how to help them.

In this breakthrough book, Carl Pickhardt, author of Why Good Kids Act Cruel, exposes the hidden period of development that’s causing increasing numbers of post-high school and college age kids to fail on their own and tells parents what you can do to fix it. His new approach to understanding young adulthood proposes that 18–to–23 year-olds have reached not adulthood, but a final stage of adolescence called "trial independence."

Boomerang Kids helps parents understand this little-discussed period in your children’s lives, so you can help them get through this last and most difficult stage of adolescence and get back out on their own, to become fully, and successfully, independent adults.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “她已经22岁了，天哪！我们认为她应该长大了，但是她总是在不停地制造麻烦。她打电话给我们寻求情感倾诉，咨询该如何解决问题，哪怕我们自己也已经很拮据了，她还伸手问我们要钱。我们感觉她还像个青少年一样，为什么要她表现得像个成年人这么难呢？”

在18岁的时候，很多年轻人都期待，或者说被期待搬出去自己独自住在学校宿舍或公寓中。但是涌现出了越来越多的“归巢族”选择在家啃老，而父母们则对此手足无措，不知该如何帮助自己的孩子。卡尔•皮克哈特，《为什么好孩子如此残忍》的作者深度剖析了为什么越来越多的高中毕业，大学毕业后的孩子无法自食其力，并告诉父母该做些什么区帮助孩子独立。卡尔这次把目光聚焦在18-23岁的年轻人身上，他们并没有完全地成年，而是仍处于青春期的最后一个阶段，卡尔将其称为“试验独立”阶段。

《归巢族》使父母理解孩子生活中较为艰难的这一段时期，进而使他们能帮助孩子走出这一阶段，成为真正意义上的成功独立的成年人。（XAT）

Awards/获奖情况：“及时而实用，阐述了普遍的现象，教授有用的生活课程。”——（《出版者周刊》2011-05-16）

"Timely and practical book...rife with useful life lessons." (Publishers Weekly 2011-05-16)

""A must-read for any parent frustrated or heartbroken over their child’s difficulties striking out on their own."" - Kirkus

""I imagine I will keep this book handy and refer back to it for years to come, as my husband and I move through this stage with our daughters. I can also see how it would be helpful to parents of younger adolescents, as it can help them understand some of what their children are going through and how that may play out in the future."" - Mother Daughter Book Club

""Will help postgrad kids handle the 11 most common challenges young people face, like managing increased freedom, unemployment, and broken romantic relationships."" - Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： 卡尔•皮克哈特，博士，是一家私人诊所的心理咨询师。他的作品有《为什么好孩子如此残忍》、《维系父爱》、《独生子女的未来》和《停止大吼大叫》。卡尔有4个孩子，1个祖孙，现居于美国德克萨斯州，奥斯汀。

Carl Pickhardt, PhD, is a psychologist in a private counseling practice. Dr. Pickhardt, whose books include Why Good Kids Act Cruel, The Connected Father, The Future of Your Only Child and Stop the Screaming, is married with four grown children and one grandchild. He lives in Austin, TX.

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