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  2. It’s Actually Really Okay To Be Estranged From A Toxic Family ...

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    Family estrangement can occur between any two family members, though parent-child estrangement and sibling estrangement are two of the most common types, says Deb Castaldo, PhD, a New York-based ...

  3. Family estrangement - Wikipedia

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    Although the rejected party's psychological and physical health may decline, the estrangement initiator's may improve due to the cessation of abuse and conflict. [2] [3] The social rejection in family estrangement is the equivalent of ostracism which undermines four fundamental human needs: the need to belong, the need for control in social situations, the need to maintain high levels of self ...

  4. Social rejection - Wikipedia

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    The topic includes interpersonal rejection (or peer rejection), romantic rejection, and familial estrangement. A person can be rejected or shunned by individuals or an entire group of people. Furthermore, rejection can be either active by bullying, teasing, or ridiculing, or passive by ignoring a person, or giving the "silent treatment".

  5. 9 Signs You Were Raised in a Toxic Family (and How to ... - AOL

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    asiseeit/Getty Images. 1. They Get Jealous or Try to Compete with You. Your mom dreamed of being a dancer, but she became a travel agent. Then when you were cast as Clara in The Nutcracker at age ...

  6. Estrangement Has Become an Epidemic in America - AOL

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    According to our research, today, 1 in 2 adults is estranged from a close relative. While the primary cause of these rifts is often tied to something a relative said or did, 1 in 5 directly cite ...

  7. Parental alienation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Parental alienation syndrome is a term coined by child psychiatrist Richard A. Gardner drawing upon his clinical experiences in the early 1980s. [2] [3] The concept of one parent attempting to separate their child from the other parent as punishment or part of a divorce have been described since at least the 1940s, [8] [9] but Gardner was the first to define a specific syndrome.

  8. Why So Many Young People Are Cutting Off Their Parents - AOL

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    Cosmopolitan explores the extraordinary rise in family estrangement across the country—and what's leading millennials and Gen Zers to their breaking point. Why So Many Young People Are Cutting ...

  9. Disownment - Wikipedia

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    A disowned child might no longer be welcome in their former family's home or be allowed to attend major family events. Conversely, a child might themselves seek to disown their parents or family through some form of emancipation. In some countries, disownment of a child is a form of child abandonment and is illegal when the child is a minor.