Estrangement of Parents by Their Adult Children: Revised Second Edition

This is the second writing of Ms. Waters' popular first book on the estrangement of parents by their adult children. Much in the contemporary epidemic remains the same, but this second edition includes an extensive new chapter offering estranged parents strategies for coping with this tragic family rift. When adult children estrange one or both of the shocked parents desperately look for answers. They search for flaws in themselves and their parenting. Hurting and embarrassed, they hide out in their darkest emotional corners while fearing discovery as a parental failure.Estrangement is often treated as a family squabble that no one wants to talk about. This book discusses likely influences of the estrangement phenomenon, traces the progression of estrangement grief and outlines common characteristics. This second edition also offers ways to find comfort and meaning in life beyond estrangement.