This reminds me of this wonderful blog series that examines the psychology of estranged parents' forums: http://www.issendai.com/psychology/estrangement/index.h

This reminds me of this wonderful blog series that examines the psychology of estranged parents' forums: http://www.issendai.com/psychology/estrangement/index.html http://www.issendai.com/psychology/estrangement/index.html There's lots of discussion of the generational gaps that cause a lot of this friction (many of which I see discussed in this thread): - Is emotional abuse "real abuse"? Does it "count" for estrangement? - Do parents owe an apology for mistakes they made? - Do children own a relationship to their parents? - Do children owe respect to their parents, regardless of anything the parents have done? - Is the parent/child relationship one-sided?