Do you have a close family member with whom you currently have no contact? (more…)
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Estranged From Your Adult Child? Try These New Evidence-Based Strategies
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Estranged From Your Adult Child? Try These New Evidence-Based Strategies
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Blindsided by Estrangement: Can You Love Your Child Right Out of Your Life?
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Blindsided by Estrangement: Can You Love Your Child Right Out of Your Life?
Blindsided by Estrangement: Can You Love Your Child Right Out Of Your Life?
Abuse? Neglect? It’s easy to understand why an adult child decides to have nothing to do with a parent who subjected them to either.
Parental alienation from a messy divorce? When kids are forced to choose sides, it’s no surprise that adult-child estrangement is an unfortunate […]
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Estranged: When Holidays Hurt
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Estranged: When Holidays Hurt
Whether it’s low contact or no contact, the holidays can be some of the hardest days of the year for parents estranged from a son or daughter. (more…)
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When Mother’s Day Hurts
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When Mother’s Day Hurts
Whether it’s low contact or no contact, Mother’s Day is one of the hardest days of the year for mothers estranged from a son or daughter. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the current epidemic of estrangement from an adult child, it’s this. The ordinarily reliable norms and guidelines we use to navigate any other interpersonal breakdown successfully […]
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Estranged From Your Adult Child: The Last Thing You Ever Expected
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Estranged From Your Adult Child: The Last Thing You Ever Expected
Holidays, birthdays and other family-oriented times of the year can be a time of heartache for parents whose adult children have cut them off — and the growing phenomenon is much more common than our idealized notions about family would have us believe.
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