Parents should empathize with what their child is saying or doing, she says. "Assume your child has good reasons for their behavior" She also advises parents to make amends and not be defensive of the actions they've taken.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Joshua Coleman discuss why there is a growing number of estrangements between parents and their adult children, how political identification has increasingly become a source of family conflict, and the best strategies for how estranged parents and adult children can heal their relationships.