Parents and their children are important to each other throughout a lifetime. Their bond may be close or distant, loving or troubled but rarely is it indifferent. As children grow into independence, pursuing their own interests and loves, as parents lose the daily preoccupation of children at home, all face challenges in the way they relate to each other. Whybrow addresses the landmarks and difficulties that occur within families and suggests ways of dealing with them. Some changes, such as children's marriages and grandchildren, are faced by most people and generally welcomed, some bring...