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"Some cases of estrangement stem from a traumatic childhood. But in others it can come as a shock to parents who believe they did their best." They write the as if those are two separate things. It's not like most parents who traumatize their children ever admit that to themselves or anyone else.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is a quietly metastasizing moral panic

19/10/26, 4:07 pm3 reposts17 likes

Jill Writes

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My kids haven't cut me off, and I'm pretty sure that if (heaven forbid) they ever do, I'll know exactly why, because they'll tell me. We've raised them to stand up for themselves, and thus far, they've demonstrated willingness to share with me what they're angry about and actually discuss it.