★ There are no perfect parents, and no children who have never been hurt.
This book doesn't blame or pressure anyone. It simply helps you turn resentment into the freedom of letting go.
★ Through real-life stories, it looks at the dark side of family – absent fathers, suffocating mothers, children who hurt their parents.
Then, with gentle psychology of forgiveness, it guides you toward healing.
★ It speaks directly to the hot topic of "family of origin" wounds.
For the first time, this series brings together three perspectives: the father, the mother, and the child. It helps not only wounded children, but also parents who feel hurt or hopeless in raising their children. It takes no sides – it simply helps families find real reconciliation.

The series includes three books:
《When Father Hurts》 Mending the superhero’s cape, and making peace with imperfect fatherly love.
《When Mother Hurts》 Stories of forgiveness for wounded children, breaking free from a mother’s invisible control.
《When Children Hurt》 Stories of forgiveness for wounded parents, healing yourself through family conflict.

This book is a collection of honest and moving stories that emerge from the wounds of wounded children — profound revelations, such as the fact that a father's presence in his children's lives is irreplaceable. The father, the first love of daughters, the first superhero of sons — the one who scares away ghosts at night and pretends to be a horse during the day, riding with the child on his shoulders; the figure who is used as a threat when the mother's authority grows weak. Any wound in our hearts can be healed and transformed into a source of strength and inspiration for a better quality of life and emotional fulfilment.

The path of forgiveness is walked when understanding is reached, because understanding is one of the most luminous manifestations of love — that love which heals all, cures all, and nourishes the best within us.

Rayo Guzmán is a Mexican writer born in Celaya, Guanajuato. She holds a degree in Communication, a master's degree in Education, and is a specialist in Human Development and Thanatology.
For eighteen years, she dedicated herself to teaching at the higher education and postgraduate levels. Her work as a writer and speaker on topics of communication and human development has taken her to various forums of civil and business organisations in Mexico, the United States, and South America.
She received an honourable mention in the Demac literary contest "Women Who Dare to Tell Their Story" (2005–2006) for her autobiographical text entitled In My Five Senses. She has published Gifts for Every Occasion, You, Princess, and I, Toad, When Father Hurts, and The Woman of Ashes and the Man Who Couldn't Write.