Estrangement of Parents by Their Adult Children

Expanded Third Edition

This is the third edition of Ms. Waters’ popular book on the estrangement of parents by their adult children. This edition has been extensively rewritten and contains new chapters exploring cults, social media’s role, and coping with this tragic family rift.

When adult children estrange one or both parents, the shocked parents desperately seek answers. They search for flaws in themselves and their parenting. Hurting and embarrassed, they retreat into their darkest emotional corners while being condemned as a parental failure.

Estrangement is often treated as a family squabble that no one wants to talk about, leaving suffering parents with nowhere to turn. This book discusses likely influences of the estrangement phenomenon and outlines common characteristics. This third edition offers an expanded chapter on ways to find comfort and meaning in life beyond estrangement.

Excellent

Excellent read explaining the no contact phenomenon. Highly recommend for any parent going through an estrangement.

Cult mentality

Incredible audible it’s exactly what I’m
Going through at this moment sent it to kids let’s see what happens

Helpful

This was very helpful to me during this horrible time. Give it a listen. It’s quick and informative

Excellent

Spot on. This book is smart and clear cut. The author shows an excellent understanding of the topic of parental estrangement. I listened to the book in its entirety last evening and plan to listen again more closely for detail. Parental Estrangement is such a difficult subject and the author shows compassion understanding and knowledge. Excellent book.

Fantastic resource.

It was hard to hear, but could relate to so many things and was overall encouraging and very helpful.