Secrets to Surviving Your Children's Love Relationships: A Guide for Parents

Praise for Secrets to Surviving Your Children’s Love Relationships

“Dr. Terri Orbuch is the real deal. She brings the best of scientific knowledge to the challenge of preparing your children for present and future relationships. I can’t think of a parent who couldn’t use her practical quizzes and advice.”
—Pepper Schwartz, PhD, Professor of Sociology, University of Washington

“Guess what? Parenting doesn't end when our kids turn 18. Enter Terri Orbuch. In this truly unique resource, she offers clear, supportive, crucial advice on how to guide our young adults in one of the single most important aspects of their future well-being: establishing healthy, happy, fulfilling relationships.”
—Peggy Orenstein, New York Times best-selling author of Girls & Sex and Boys & Sex

“Dr. Terri Orbuch delivers another masterclass on how to approach our intimate lives with care, compassion, and scientific evidence. With her remarkable knack for weaving decades of research into approachable and realistic take-aways that we can implement in our relationships, Orbuch focuses her lens on the enduring power of parent-child bonds. In this delightful book, she provides a guide for parents of all backgrounds to support their adult children along their journey to love.”
— Dr. Justin Garcia, Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University & Scientific Advisor to Match

“Secrets to Surviving Your Children’s Love Relationships gives parents science-based information to help their children enjoy healthy relationships. Packed with practical tools, tips, conversation starters, and activities, this must-have book will help parents and children better navigate relationships now and in the future.”
— Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. PhD, author of Stronger Than You Think

“An essential read for parents. Orbuch writes in an accessible, down-to-earth style that seamlessly weaves science, personal anecdotes, and practical tips. The end result is an indispensable guide to helping your children not only survive but thrive in their relationships.”
—Justin J. Lehmiller, Ph.D., Kinsey Institute Research Fellow and author of Tell Me What You Want

This is a vital point in your journey as a parent.

Are your children dating and experiencing the challenges of heartbreak? Perhaps they're wondering if their love partner could be the "One" and coming to you for advice? Or are they partnered with someone who you're convinced isn't right for them? The stakes are high and most importantly, you have the power to change your children's love relationships. At the same time, you can pave the road to a better lifelong relationship with your children.

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book is for YOU!

Secrets To Surviving Your Children’s Love Relationships by Terri Orbuch, PhD is a must-read if you want your children to grow up and have healthy, happy relationships of their own.

Secrets To Surviving Your Children’s Love Relationships distills science-based information and presents it in the form of highly practical tips, scripts, and easy-to-understand approaches for guiding your children in choosing the kinds of healthy, happy relationships that can make their lives more fulfilling. These positive, simple strategies will help you talk to your young adult children about relationships, regardless of their age and gender, as well as provide tips to examine your own relationships and interactions with other people so that you can model and provide positive examples for your children.

Dr. Terri Orbuch (PhD) is a Distinguished Professor at Oakland University, research sci- entist at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, and an author, speaker, date and relationship coach, therapist, and The Love Doctor(R) in the media. Her practical, science-based advice has helped thousands of people find and create the loving relationships they deserve. She is the director of a landmark study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she has been following the same couples for more than three decades. Dr. Orbuch has been featured in such national publications as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest, USA Today, Women's Health, Cosmopolitan, and TIME magazine and has appeared on The Today Show, MSNBC, The Katie Couric Show, ESPN, HuffPost Live, and CNN. Her national public television spe- cial is called "Secrets from The Love Doctor" and her TEDx talk, "Is It Lust or Is It Love?" has more than 2.8 million views. She brings simple, straightforward, science-based relationship advice to real peo- ple everywhere. She lives in Michigan with her husband. For more information, please go to: DrTerriTheLoveDoctor.com.