Kavya TKnowledge Contributor
A loved one and I are estranged because our values just don’t align. How do I reconnect?
A loved one and I are estranged because our values just don’t align. How do I reconnect?
Some 27 percent of American adults are estranged from a family member, according to a survey by Cornell University sociologist Karl Pillemer. Whether your rift was caused by politics, unresolved childhood baggage or something else, move toward healing by reaching out and saying, “My relationship with you is more important than the topic we are disagreeing on,” O’Rourke suggests. Mending your family feud will do more than resuscitate your relationship; it may make you healthier.