Family estrangement feels shameful and isolating: but if you’ve experienced it, you’re far from alone. Sharing true stories can help reduce shame and create awareness.
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
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Some parents engage in domestic abuse by influencing their children to fear, dislike or distrust their other parent. What happens next is a cascade of losses.
Relationships among family members can be tough.
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Contrary to society’s celebrations of family togetherness, the ‘ties that bind’ often become frayed or broken.
Early research suggests that nearly 1 in 5 Americans, about 68 million people, are in the midst of a family estrangement.
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Family courts’ hostility – both in the US and abroad – toward claims of paternal or spousal abuse has been widely reported. Now there’s an in-depth study that documents that hostility.
Almost 70 million people in the U.S. report being estranged from a family member.
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Connection with others is vital to our well-being. For many people, though, connecting with family members who have hurt us, or whom we have hurt, is difficult. A psychologist offers some advice.