Yep, I'm taking the summer off. I have two college classes this summer and two in the fall and I'll graduate with my B.S. in Human Development/Family Studies in December. So, I'm not going to be writing much on the blog UNLESS I come up with something really interesting or find something in my reading that's worth sharing.
Enjoy the summer and if you want to email me, feel free.
Please email for a REVIEW COPY.Bad Girls Club has been added to the Pacific Northwest Special Collection at the University of Washington Library and the Ted Hipple Special Collection at the University of South Florida.
BAD GIRLS CLUB (not connected with the TV show) is a roller coaster ride that will put you into the head of a parentified child who is fighting to save her life. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be that child or if you were that child, you'll find yourself in these pages.
I was a parentified child and this blog is a lot about that and also about the things I've learned and done as a result of that experience. I've published two books, (Save Me, A Young Woman's Journey Through Schizophrenia to Health, Doubleday; Bad Girls Club, Blooming Tree Press) both about parentified and abused children which have been well received by educators and mental health experts.
"This book is a must read for school counselors, school psychologists, school nurses and all those interested in providing education and intervention for youngsters trapped in similar family dynamics and unable to free themselves."
Jan Tkaczyk MA School Counselors Assoc. Adjunct Professor, UMass. Boston "Bad Girls Club is as riveting as Dave Pelzer's A Child Called It books, but is far better at exploring the psychological reasons why the abused remain so loyal to their abusers." Midwest Book Review  parentification, child abuse, young adults, abandonment, shame, vulnerability
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I AM A NURSE AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
This is Susan Littlefield. Your name came up on my Facebook Account as somone to add, thus I sent you an invite. In any event....WOW! Isn't Bad Girls Club the book we were reading and critiquing back when? I just have to say how incredibly proud I am of you and how your career has tekan off. Your website is wonderful, by the way.