Why are so many adult children cutting ties with their parents?

Parent can credibly feel like they did a really good job raising their child.

And their child could feel like, no, you actually missed some really important things.

Or you are really hurtful to me in ways you're completely clueless about.

Your child grows up to reject you and they want no relationship with you.

Does that mean that you're unlovable?

It feels that way as the parent.

We need to feel like we matter.

70% of the adult children who are estranged,

the parents were divorced from the other parent.

If you're traumatizing your parent

by cutting off contact with you and grandchildren,

you're actually not ending it here.

You're perpetuating it.

You're perpetuating it. Why do children stop talking to their parents?

There is a silent epidemic growing, according to therapists and researchers, and that is family estrangement.

Popular culture tells parents that if their kids stop talking to them,

it's what they deserve. Obviously, there must be some sort of secret abuse that they aren't being

honest about. However, today's guest, psychologist Dr. Joshua Coleman, says estrangement is much more

complex and varied. Due to rising rates of individualism, a cultural obsession with self-love and doing what's best for you regardless of others, plus a recent phenomenon that parents are somehow obstacles to personal growth, we are seeing record rates of children cutting out parents or severing relationships between parents and grandchildren.

How should parents navigate these circumstances? Dr. Coleman is here

today to help parents better understand the mindset of their adult children and strategies to

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