> Other times, they may threaten to estrange or cut off their children. In some cases, they will do that (although they will often spin it as if the child ended

> Other times, they may threaten to estrange or cut off their children. In some cases, they will do that (although they will often spin it as if the child ended the relationship). I was one of those cases. After years of repeatedly being told I was going to be sent to live at my mother’s house (not an appealing prospect at the time, I assure you), my father finally threw me out. Then he immediately started phoning anybody who would listen, crying to them that I “left him” just like my mother did.