Thats the harrowing situation one mom found herself in.
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If you are unfamiliar with abbreviations used onparenting-focused forums and sites like Mumsnet, heres a quick cheat sheet.
DC means darling children.
DD means darling daughter.
DS means darling son.
DH means darling husband.
And AIBU means am I being unreasonable.
Family estrangement can be very painful for everyone involved.
As per Psychology Today, there arevarious reasonswhy family estrangement occurs.
Broadly speaking, people decide to distance themselves from their relatives due to long-lasting negativity in their relationships.
Often, this process happens over a long period of time, and some people can feel completely blindsided.
Estrangement can be apainful processfor everyone involved.
Amongotherfactors are destructive behaviors and substance abuse.
Family estrangement is not uncommon.
Meanwhile, about 12% of older adults are estranged from their adult children.
Adult children mostly cut off parents because of abuse or neglect, destructive behavior, or feeling uncared for.
This is because theyre less likely to fixate on the past.
The reality is rather different.
Just under a third (29%) of children who cut off their parents remain estranged.
The rest manage to reconcile, though it takes a lot of time and mutual effort.
They speculated about what the real issue might be
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