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Estrangement: Why are adult children cutting off their parents?

Life Examined

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The Power of Breaking Off From a Parent

If the adult child decides to break off from the parent, they essentially are holding most of the power in this bargain. The decision, there's a lot of upside to it for them. There's no upside for most parents. And that does mean that's also partly why tell parents it's incumbent on you because it's not going to happen unless you make the first move.

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