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Estrangement: Why are adult children cutting off their parents?

Life Examined

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The Rise of Individualism in the United States

I think the interdependence that smaller countries have, people in the United States don't have. We're one of the most geographically mobile society in the world. And I do think that that has the potential to weaken family relationships. People in the U.S. have the highest rates of individualism in any other society.

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