Have you observed events such as: A woman of the world, over fifty years old, says to me that she is not going to answer the phone when the man she loves calls, because he did not call when he said he was going to call. A man who is fully grown and in charge of serious enterprises in the world closes his eyes when talking about things that are important to him, and thus weakens his ability to make his point. A young woman confronts her boss at work by explaining a deficiency in how they serve customers and suggests what to do instead, and he fires her. A man in his sixties keeps looking for love from women who end up hurting him. A 71-year-old man, attractive, successful, personable, communicative and a real catch, who was deeply damaged by his mother's emotional and sexual abuse of him as a toddler, presents himself on match.com as looking for a serious relationship, when in truth his immense anger at the feminine makes him emotionally unavailable, so he essentially becomes an emotional predator, and admits to dating over 100 women in 2 years. A 21-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man are significant others as she is still looking for daddy and security, and he's looking for validation as he does not feel whole within himself. Two adult men driving sports cars challenge each other and race on the freeway, endangering other drivers and their passengers. A 70-year-old alcoholic drinks enough every night to be a danger on the road, but refuses to attend AA because the first thing that would happen is he has to accept responsibility and become accountable, and he does not want to do that. A divorced man takes care of his 13-year-old daughter every other weekend, and he thinks it's perfectly okay to share a double bed with her as he has for years. An adult businesswoman gives a gift of alternative health treatments to her good friend who is ill, promises to pay the health provider, and never pays, never says why she can't nor when she will; she just ignores their verbal agreement. A housemate who wants to pay less than his share of the rent says he will mow the lawn, trim bushes and clean up yard debris on a regular basis, and does not perform the yard work he agreed to do but still refuses to pay his fair share of the rent. A guy talks a woman into buying a beautiful Saab that has transmission problems, We'll just put in a new transmission and you'll have a great, sexy car to drive, and he does not follow through and the woman ends up losing several thousand dollars and giving the car away. Are these examples of childish or adolescent or teenage behaviors? YES! Have you ever observed yourself doing anything like these behaviors? CATYA = Child, Adolescent, Teenager, Young Adult. These still exist in us today, and affect our actions as adults. These kids are still in pain, unhappy, fearful, insecure, hiding, depressed, angry and hurting. However, they can be healed! One method involves giving them new lives and new parents. What did your kids want? A more loving mother? A stronger father? A more peaceful and fun household? Compatible sisters and brothers? Food, clothes, a roof consistently? More friends? To be a world-famous model or race car driver? Most of all, to feel loved? Adored? Safe? Validated? You can help them. Today. And you are the only one who can! This book will teach you how. You can empower your kids so they happily settle down and leave you free to be the successful, caring, inspired and at-peace adult you can be.
