"'Becoming a wise Parent' is refreshingly positive and optimistic. It can help you find ways to feel closer to adult children, children who will be grown one day -- and even your own parents -- Sara Peyton, Press Democrat, New York Times Regional Newspaper Group (11/9/97)

"(Betty) Frain, who conducts workshops for parents and adult children points out new skills are required of parents. They need to listen empathically rather than judgmentally...In repairing or strengthening relationships with their children, parents must learn to treat them as adults."--Andrea Estrada, Santa Barbara News Press (11/13/97)

"There's plenty of advice out there to help parents through those terrible twos and troubling teen years, but when it comes to dealing with their adult children, many parents are often confused about when to speak up and when to shut up. In.."Becoming a Wise Parent for Your Grown Child." authors Eileen Clegg and betty Frain show parents how to deal with the challenges grown children present."--Tanya Kerstiens, The Bellingham Herald (12/97)

"The book deals with such issues as how parents can relate to grown children who have chosen lifestyles different from their own; how to establish boundaries, remain close and give feedback, and when to speak out."--Cassandra Fortin, Chicago Tribune (11/14/99)

"...the children themselves, left unschooled in the arts of delayed gratification and self-help, may be more hurt than helped by their parents' love. Betty Frain, a psychotherapist specializing in working with families and co-author of Becoming a wise parent for Your Grown Child, warns that 'the downside for grown children [who are being funded] is that they don't develop internal coping skills, and so they feel weak and controlled an continue to be dependent.'" - Time Magazine, January 29, 2001.

"With so much history between them, parents and their adult children can become stuck in patterns of interaction that spell trouble. 'It's easy to let things go or let rifts build,' says therapist Betty Frain, author of Becoming a Wise Parent for Your Grown Child. 'The longer it goes on, the harder it feels to change.'"--Readers' Digest. (10/02)

"Today's twentysomethings and their parents communicate better and are closer, finds family therapist Betty Frain. Indeed, in a recent survey of 1,k003 high school students, a whopping 78 percent said 'having close family relationships' ranked highest (above money and fame, among other things) in defining success. But closeness also creates problems. 'It becomes hard for these parents to say 'I'm the leader in this family and it's time for you to go.'" says Frain, 'We've gotten to friendly with our kids."--Psychology Today, September/October 2003.