Joshua Coleman and Debby were on this morning's Today Show on NBC. Joshua Coleman is the author of When Parents Hurt. Debby is a mother who has been estranged by her daughter for seven years. I am providing a link to the interview. I don't know how long the link will be good as the…
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NY Times article, May 3, 2010: When the Ties that Bind Unravel
When the Ties that Bind Unravel, May 3, 2010, by Tara Parker-Pope As of mid-day May 6, there are 768 comments in response to this article.
Why don’t I write regularly here any more?
You might wonder why, if I went to the trouble of setting up a website and a blog, I haven’t been writing about estrangement for a long time now. I’ve been thinking of how to explain that. I have been asked that question by a few visitors and I have responded to them. If you…
Altruism as an antidote to what ails us: Cami Walker’s solution
Outside of what I wrote in my Guidelines for how to cope with being estranged I don't have any great answers on what to do about estrangements. But sometimes I see something written that rings a bell for me about things that have helped me. I saw an article like that the other day in…
Additional survey questions
At the end of May I posted a link to a survey on the topic of Family Estrangement. Some additional questions have been added to the survey in order to gather information on patterns of estrangement in families. If you have answered the questions in the original survey, it would be appreciated if you would…
A Survey on Family Estrangement
My friend who is working on a documentary about Family Estrangements has prepared two surveys on the topic. She asks both parents estranged from their children and children estranged from their parents to respond to the survey. Here is what she says: "Finally.. surveys are ready. There is a survey for Parents that are Estranged…
A small piece of the past revisited
It's been a long time since I wrote a post that talked about estrangement. It is almost a year since the dialogue begun on May 12, 2008 that I had with my estranged daughter in the comment section of a post on here. One point of contention for her was whether I would mention certain…
Estranged Stories ~ a new support group on Ning.
There is a new online site for sharing stories of family estrangement. It is a Ning group. The link to it is here:Estranged Stories
Family Estrangement inspired by online philosopher
I found a startling news article online today about family estrangements that were influenced and/or inspired by the writings and podcasts of a man, Stefan Molyneux, who considers himself to be a philosopher. He has been blamed for a number of family estrangements initiated by followers of his writings and podcasts. He makes some money…
Article on AARP: “The Estrangement” by Jamaica Kincaid
"The Estrangement" by Jamaica Kincaid, May/June 2008An article on a mother/daughter estrangement that was not resolved and for which the author has no regrets.From the first paragraph: "Three years before my mother died, I decided not to speak to her again. And why? During a conversation over the telephone, she had once again let me…