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A lot of times here in this podcast, we're addressing issues that parents face with their kids,

but what about times when,

sorry, mom or dad, you are the issue. You've caused the problem. And now you're wondering, what am I going to do?

I'm John Fuller, along with Dr. Danny Werta, who leads our parenting team. And Danny, I'm thinking

specifically of instances where I know parents have kind of cut off the relationship.

It's too toxic or I can't handle that child.

It's, they're just whatever it is.

And they've said, I don't want to see you anymore.

How in the world can they repair that relationship?

No, we've even had phone calls on our counseling line where the parents have said,

I'm not going to go to my son or daughter's wedding because it's a biracial wedding. So I'm not going to talk to them.

They're not going to have an inheritance. I'm stepping out of this with them. And there's a lot of anger

because of a belief that they've held strongly too. And there are different topics, like you said, that cause a parent to say,

I'm just not going to be engaged with my adult child, and there's deep-seated conflict there.

It's interesting. The percentage, when you look at the statistics around this estrangement

between parent-child, 7% of adult children are estranged towards their mom.

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