Articles This collection of articles was originally included on a page of Estrangements.com which is being updated. As I add articles to this blog rather than to the Estrangements website, it makes sense to me to create a new Category here and call it "Articles" so that all articles will appear in the same place….
Articles
University of Cambridge Study on Family Estrangement in Adulthood
Hidden Voices, University of Cambridge Study on Family Estrangement in Adulthood by Lucy Blake in collaboration with Becca Bland, Chief Executive of Stand Alone and Professor Susan Golombok, Director of the Center for Family Research at the University of Cambridge.
Huffington Post Articles on Estrangement
After writing the previous post I went back and read Katie Naum's post on Mother's Day Cards again. Noticing the subject tags listed with the post, I clicked one of them, the "Estrangement" one. That brought up a list of posts on the subject, including two written in 2014 by Katie Naum that gave some…
May 9, 2015 Keyword search: “Mother’s Day” & “Estrangement”
The following four links are the result of an internet search using keywords: "Mother's Day" and "Estrangement". The links are to articles recently posted and to articles that didn't have those annoying popups that appear all too often these days. Mother’s Day Cards I Could Use As An Estranged Daughter by Katie Naum, writer, blogger,…
Slate staff writer Katy Waldman’s article on Narcissism: Link
Are you a Narcissist? by Slate staff writer Katy Waldman, August 2014 If you’re new to being estranged and to online discussions of the condition, you might not have experienced the word Narcissistic (with a capital N in the context of Narcissistic Personality Disorder) occurring frequently in discussions of family estrangement. If you are a…
Mother’s Day 2012: Eleven Selected Links
March 9, 2012 Estranged from my mum on Mother's Day May 11, 2012 Kelly Pickler, article, song & video: "Mother's Day" Is Gift of Closure My Mother Mother's Day: To Estranged Mother Greeting Card Father's Day Cards to Estranged Father Greeting Card Interestingly, there are several choices of cards for estranged fathers but only one…
Christopher Hitchens Article on Estrangement, Vanity Fair, 2005
The writer Christopher Hitchens has died. I've spent much of my day so far reading obituaries about him and watching videos of him on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Among the many words written by and about him, I found an article by Hitchens on the estrangements that occur between siblings. It is titled:…
For Mother’s Day: Mother’s Day & Estrangement Links
Happy Mother's Day from Your Estranged Daughter, May 7, 2011 Estranged from my mother no more: A Mother's Day Remembrance, May 8, 2011 Not So Happy Mother's Day, May 8, 2009 Mother's Day is over, May 8, 2011 Mother's Day Special: PTSD and estrangement of family 'cause I gotta pay the money back, May 10,…
Personal stories of loss through estrangement and death
The link below goes to a story by a son on the death of his father from whom he was estranged. They were estranged because of the father's deterioration due to Alzheimer's. It is a poignant story that is accompanied below on that page by links to the stories of others who were estranged from…
Gifts of kindness: Softening the blow of family estrangement
Kindness has been on my mind in recent days. How kindness is a beautiful quality in people. How it softens the blows of life. What a difference a kindness can make. How it can cost so very little. What a wonderful present it is to give the gift of kindness. Today's post is a list…