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 can go up in flames and backfire beyond imagination with our adult children. That's why estrangement from an adult child is so confounding and …
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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