Intended for basically healthy, well-functioning families who nevertheless may be dogged by ghosts from the past, this book is drawn from the author's own experience as a mother of two boys. She identifies four styles of parenting, points out the pitfalls of each, and shows that no matter what type of parent a person is, they'll be better able to cope with their own children's struggles when they've resolved your own. After interviewing hundreds of people, Elizabeth Fishel makes the clinical lessons of family systems theory accessible to a popular audience looking for creative ways to resolve family conflicts and come to terms with old wounds. The book explores the ways in which raising children can help people grow up again, to work through the unresolved issues from the past that prevent people from being the parents they want to be. Elizabeth Fishel is the author of Sisters and The Men in Our Lives.