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MUM WHATS WRONG WITH YOU EB
About this book
Sunday Times bestseller
'The mothering manual we all need' Claudia Winkleman
Mums: are you feeling lonely, confused or worried? Are you panicking that maybe you're getting everything wrong? Does it, in the words of Lorraine Candy's own teenage daughter, 'suck to be you' (Mum) right now?
Welcome to the most challenging part of your parenting journey: the teenage years.
It was all going so well and then, out of the blue, the little girl you love to the moon and back turned into an irrational, fire-breathing dragon. She lives in a messy pit of wet towels and sticky mugs, hoarding other people's phone chargers and eyebrow tweezers, while rudely rejecting maternal intervention or affection.
Do not worry. You're not alone. Parenting columnist Lorraine Candy, a mum of four (including three teens), is here to help. Her warm and witty family memoir will lead you to a more harmonious parenting place. Alongside a wealth of hilarious personal anecdotes, Candy offers you useful, easy-to-follow, well-researched guidance from experts.
This is a survivor's guide for mums. This book will help you connect with your daughter and feel good about your mothering as you raise the bright and brilliant young women of tomorrow.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1: Angel of the morning
- 2: The vanishing
- 3: The surprise signs you suddenly have a teenager
- 4: It’s not me, Mum, it’s you
- 5: Don’t touch my stuff
- 6: Meanagers
- 7: Thank you, I really appreciate what you did for me, Mum
- 8: Who are all these people in my lounge?
- 9: The monster munch
- 10: Spoons, bananagrams and telly
- 11: Oh Christ, have we been burgled?
- 12: Finding other mothers
- 13: Pixel and Duke: canine love stories
- 14: No one told me about pre-drinking
- 15: Going out out
- 16: A French farce
- 17: Phonegate, screens and the screams
- 18: Your daughter is not your friend
- 19: Anxiety: what’s the T?
- 20: Teddies on the bed
- 21: Her new body and body image
- 22: Dads: a love story
- 23: If you see me, you don’t know me
- 24: The perfect storm
- 25: Mothers are daughters too
- 26: This much I think I know
- 27: Swimming in the river of love
- Books, websites and resources for the mums (and dads) of teenage girls
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- About the Publisher