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RULES OF ESTRANGEMENT
Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict
An exploration of the cultural reasons for the recent uptick in parental estrangement, along with guidance and understanding for parents looking to reestablish contact with their adult child.
The topic of parental estrangement is trending. Google lists over 890,000 estrangement-related sites and there has been a rise in the number of popular, academic, and professional articles emerging on the subject. So what exactly is parental estrangement and what can be done about it?
Parental estrangement is a new silent epidemic in family relationships, inflicting anguish between parents and their adult children. The reasons for estrangement are varied--a shift in today's psychotherapy, changes in parenting attitudes, economic insecurity, and a general perception that parents are obstacles to personal growth or autonomy. Whatever the cause, dealing with estrangement is no easy task. A rejection from the person you love and care about most can be the most disorienting and painful experience in a parent's life. As a trusted psychologist whose own daughter cut off contact for several years and has since given their relationship another chance, Dr. Joshua Coleman is well acquainted with that pain and uniquely qualified to guide parents in navigating these fraught interactions.
Dr. Coleman helps parents understand the behaviors of their adult child and offers a path forward without shame or regret. Estrangement occurs on a continuum from temporary and resolvable, to irresolvable and permanent, and it's difficult for parents to know whether their actions are having any positive effects. RULES OF ESTRANGEMENT gives parents the language and the emotional tools to engage in meaningful conversation with their child, the framework to cultivate a healthy relationship moving forward, and the ability to move on if reconciliation is no longer possible.
DR. JOSHUA COLEMAN is an author and psychologist in private practice, and a Senior Fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families. His advice has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek and he's lectured at Harvard, The University of California at Berkeley, University of London, and the Cornell Weill Medical School. He is also the author of When Parents Hurt.
Parental estrangement is a new silent epidemic in family relationships, inflicting anguish between parents and their adult children. The reasons for estrangement are varied--a shift in today's psychotherapy, changes in parenting attitudes, economic insecurity, and a general perception that parents are obstacles to personal growth or autonomy. Whatever the cause, dealing with estrangement is no easy task. A rejection from the person you love and care about most can be the most disorienting and painful experience in a parent's life. As a trusted psychologist whose own daughter cut off contact for several years and has since given their relationship another chance, Dr. Joshua Coleman is well acquainted with that pain and uniquely qualified to guide parents in navigating these fraught interactions.
Dr. Coleman helps parents understand the behaviors of their adult child and offers a path forward without shame or regret. Estrangement occurs on a continuum from temporary and resolvable, to irresolvable and permanent, and it's difficult for parents to know whether their actions are having any positive effects. RULES OF ESTRANGEMENT gives parents the language and the emotional tools to engage in meaningful conversation with their child, the framework to cultivate a healthy relationship moving forward, and the ability to move on if reconciliation is no longer possible.
DR. JOSHUA COLEMAN is an author and psychologist in private practice, and a Senior Fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families. His advice has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek and he's lectured at Harvard, The University of California at Berkeley, University of London, and the Cornell Weill Medical School. He is also the author of When Parents Hurt.
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Published 2021-03-02 by Harmony |