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Descriptions of abuse or neglect are common in adult children’s decision to cut off contact with a parent. Like my patient, many parents are baffled and hurt by this perception. At the center of ...

In my practice that focuses on parent-adult child relationships, I find that today’s expectations of parents follow similar lines to those of the contemporary romantic ideal: the soulmate.