The Loveless Family: Getting Past Estrangement and Learning How to Love

by Bloch, Jon P.

• ISBN13: 9780313392733
• ISBN10: 0313392730
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-17
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

Though recent decades have seen a great deal of discussion on the "dysfunctional" family, many people share a different problem, regardless of whether their family was "functional" or not: they are never given love, or taught how to receive it. This book will establish the concept of the loveless family by investigating scholarship on the subject as well as through the personal reflections and experiences of author Jon P. Bloch. The Loveless Family: Getting Past Estrangement and Learning How to Love explains what a loveless family is, some of the typical syndromes seen within it, how families may cope with serious physical or mental issues, and how adults who came from a loveless family can develop meaningful relationships. The vast majority of the book is written to be engaging and accessible to the average reader, while the last section provides material of a more academic nature.