Child-parent estrangement

=== Defining Estrangement ===
It is not for us to define what is and isn’t estrangement as it is common for Adult Children to cycle in and out of No/Low Contact, balancing between emotional and physical estrangement, before fully estranging. Increasingly we see that relationships that Adult Children would once call “distant”, “inactive” or “complicated” now labelled as “estranged”.
There is a distinct lack of research into estrangement, but those who do research don’t have a single definition of estrangement either! One of Stand Alone’s research papers commented that:
Qualitative researchers have focused on the negative quality of the relationship and the intentional decision of at least one family member to initiate and maintain distance, and quantitative researchers have focused on the absence of contact between family members.
There is, however, consensus in how estrangement is conceptualised: as a healthy response to an unhealthy situation.breakaway.org.uk
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