It’s not that I have all good days and am completely over it but, estrangement is much like a punishment to parents by their offspring. I’ve spent my fair time in grieving over a lost child-turned adult. She’s clearly allowing herself to espouse the unnatural and unhealthy thinking that has infected so many people outContinue reading “What Do Parents Do When Estranged From”
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Covid-19 Makes Kids More Powerful
Being afraid of something and not fearing anything may sound like opposite ends of the spectrum but, they’re actually part of the same one. How can that be? While the entire world (or most of it) fight to level off the Covid-19 Pandemic, we have young people out on beaches, complaining that the virus hasContinue reading “Covid-19 Makes Kids More Powerful”
Why Estrangement Doesn’t Mean “The End”
While growing up, I had a huge tortuous game of tug o’ war over the idea that I was creative as well as having been and wanting to be a “helper”. It’s something like wanting to help others while creating a space for myself in a world where helping others means you’re poorer unless you’reContinue reading “Why Estrangement Doesn’t Mean “The End””
Estrangement: Professionals/Experts…STOP IT!
A letter to those doctors, experts, writers, so-called professionals about how you’re hurting people and why.
The Correct Way To Work On Estranging Yourself
Are you not able to get your in-laws, parents, siblings or whomever, to do things your way or the way that you think things should be done? What about not being able to get whatever it is that you think you should be getting from others who are related to you? Here are a fewContinue reading “The Correct Way To Work On Estranging Yourself”
Why And How To Estrange From Your Parents
I’ve been making a huge mistake. I’m big enough to admit that I now get it and have been wrong all along. Adult Children Need To Estrange Themselves from their parents and here’s why and how to do it. Find something that you have a qualm about with your parent even if it’s not abuse.Continue reading “Why And How To Estrange From Your Parents”
Who Rules The Roost: An Estrangement Story
Adults estranging from parents are like giant temper tantrums thrown by adults. Their demands weren’t met so, they walk away. Why parents are wrestling with this idea.
Time For Estranged Parents To Rise Up Against Estrangement
I feel like we all as parents, need to be “Norma Rae”. Where’s my table to stand upon and shout out to all that we need to stand up and scream out that we’ve had enough of bull? That’s what this is all about, pure bull. For few adults in this life, there’s little reasonContinue reading “Time For Estranged Parents To Rise Up Against Estrangement”
Parents Are People Too Not Gods: Estrangement And What I’ve Learned
I know that there’s pain and hurt behind the anger on both sides of the story and yet, I’ve been getting a flurry of comments, emails and notes from those who have estranged themselves from their parents and, or families. It’s sad to say the least to hear some of their stories as some ofContinue reading “Parents Are People Too Not Gods: Estrangement And What I’ve Learned”
Estrangement: Why It May Not Be The Right Thing!
Though I hate to date myself, there was a time in life when people got jobs and became wedded directly out of highschool. There was no secondary education for many people as only those who could afford it, got it. That was usually reserved for those whose parents sacrificed everything in their lives or mostContinue reading “Estrangement: Why It May Not Be The Right Thing!”
