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Blocking your mom: why adult children are going no contact

Blocking your mom: why adult children are going no contact

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It's the holiday season. The time of year when many of us go back
home to see our families. But this year, a lot of people aren't
going home, and maybe haven't been back in a long time. 27% of
Americans are estranged from at least one family member, and the
term "no contact" is increasingly being used to describe
estrangement between adult children and their parents. But is
estrangement happening more often, or are we just more open to
talking about it? And is our culture around family shifting? Host
Brittany Luse sits down with culture journalist Kui Mwai and
Whitney Goodman, licensed marriage and family therapist and the
host of the Calling Home podcast, to find out.

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