Mom, I Hate My Life!: Becoming Your
Daughters Ally Through the
Emotional Ups and Downs of
Adolescence (A Hand-in-Hand Book)
by Sharon Hersh
Dad's Can Read This Too!
“I don’t know why my daughter is so angry. She yells at me all the time!”
“Our daughter comes home, goes straight to her room, turns on her CD
player and won’t talk to anyone–especially me.”

“The emotional ups and downs of our daughter’s life make us all feel like
we’re on a roller coaster.”
Navigating an adolescent daughter’s emotional life is one of a mom’s
toughest challenges. A teenage girl’s volatile emotions can seemingly toss
her–and you–like a hurricane. When a scary external world and a turbulent
internal world collide, the result is sometimes overwhelming and confusing.
What can you do to protect your relationship with your daughter, guide her
through this chaotic time, and assure her you are truly on her side?
Your Adolescent Daughter’s Struggles Can Help Her–and You–to Grow
and Thrive.
The good news is you are equipped with the most powerful resource
available for maintaining and developing connection with your daughter: a
mother’s heart. Learn how you can use hand-in-hand mothering skills to
become the ally your daughter needs–parenting out of love, not fear–and
find out how you both can experience dramatic, life-changing growth in the
process.
Personal Review: Mom, I Hate My Life!: Becoming Your
Daughters Ally Through the Emotional Ups and Downs of
Adolescence (A Hand-in-Hand Book) by Sharon Hersh
I heard this author speak on a James Dobson radio show and immediately
purchased the book.
When I read the first chapter of this book, I wept. I had for so long thought
my daughter was unusual and something was wrong with her because my
other two daughters were so easy. It was wonderful to read that she is
normal and my other two are likely not! LOL. I now feel God gave me my
third daughter so I won't harshly judge others for their "poor parenting."
LOL.
This book is such a blessing. I had read another about having a great kid
by Friday and if you like taking away chocolate chip cookies and car keys
and constantly grounding your child, then I guess that will work for you. But
my problem with my daughter is NOT about taking away things, it is about
learning to communicate with her so that we don't get in fights and I have
to punish her in the first place! My daughter is not irresponsible. I don't
need a book on how to teach my daughter responsibility. Rather, my
daughter is hot-tempered and blows up for the littlest things. We call it
going from 0-60. The old cartoon about Katie-boom describes her. She
takes things very personally and is easily offended.

This book is wonderful. It tells me MY problems in dealing with her and
teaches me how to deal with her. It reviews the various parenting styles so
I can identify mine and gives the short comings of each and how to re-
parent based on my short-comings.
This book has made such a difference in my life. I am big on reading
reviews before I purchase something and everytime I pick up this book to
read it, I want to come back here and give a review so that others can
know it is not "too clinical" as someone else said. It has real examples, real
solutions, and real hope.
My relationship with my daughter has vastly improved, and not because of
anything she's done, but because of what I've done. I no longer look at her
as the monster, but realize I am the one with the major problem. Don't get
me wrong, this book is not about pointing the finger at the mother. But in
my situation, that's what I've taken away from it. For too long I haven't
been parenting properly with her unique temperament. (And this isn't a
book about temperaments either.) Oh, I'm really botching up this review.
But just be aware, it's wonderful and it's everything you need. I imagine it
works for boys too.
I wish this came with audio so I could listen to it constantly and drill these
tips into my brain so I don't continually mess it up. I am a controlling parent
(just one of the several mothering types) and this book has taught me to let
go and let her be herself. My other two daughters are easy-going and put
up with my controlling nature. This one is independent and fed up with it.
She is 15.
When she yells and says she hates me and hates her life, the words in this
book encourage me that she is lashing out at the one thing in her life that
she loves the most because it is safe. And later when she cuddles with me
on the couch, I know it to be true, so I can get through the 0-60 moments.
Now when she says her life is miserable, I know NOT to point out all the
wonderful things she has and just shrug her off, but to stop and listen and
do something about it!
If you're having problems with your daughter, please read this book! There
is hope! This book shows you!
Be blessed!
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