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Estrangement: Why are adult children cutting off their parents?

Life Examined

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The Importance of Communication in Relationships

"There's nothing that obligates an adult child to have a relationship with the parent," she says. "It's really incumbent on parents to make the first move and to take responsibility" The estrangement is clearly giving them something that they feel like they need or want, Giddin says.

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