It is rare to see an account of the experience of Parental Alienation Syndrome given from the perspective of the child. This link is to an online memoir by the child, now grown up, and writing about her experience. Her descriptions of events as she remembers them are riveting. Mother Erased: a memoir written by…
Internet Finds
A blog written by a grandmother denied access to her grandchildren
A mother and grandmother who posts on her own blog about family estrangement and the loss of relationships with her son and grandchildren wrote to me this week. She sent me a link to her blog for inclusion here. I took a look and like her writing so much that I am happy to provide…
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…
On New Year’s resolutions & happiness: posts on the E-stranged blog
As the new year begins, some of us make resolutions. I visited Fiona McColl's E-stranged blog this week and found two superb posts that she wrote that resonate with me and that I am linking below along with the thoughts that those posts inspire. The first linked post is on her New Year's resolution. The…
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:…
Found videos on YouTube: Estranged Children (2nd part)
Here is Estranged Children Part 2, created by Nigella4me on YouTube.
Found YouTube Videos on Estranged Adult Children (1st one)
Estranged Adult Children Part 1 created by nigella4me. I don't know nigella4 me. Today is the first time I've heard of her. She sounds like a pretty common sense person. This is the first one of two that she made. I am posting both here. The 2nd one will be up right after this one.
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,…
Family Estrangement: When being able to be wrong is a strength.
This week I found a post that was about something that can make or break a relationship: the need to be right. The post is at: The Wrong Stuff: Those Three Little Words: ("Honey, You're right!"): Harville Hendrix on Being Wrong. On Slate, August 9, 2010. Harville Hendrix, author of Getting the Love You Want,…