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Estrangement Ideology – Part 18. Is There Any Awareness of the Pain Caused to Parents?
Estranged adult children are aware of the emotion pain they are causing and are not as emotionally detached as they claim.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 17. The Lasting Emotional and Relational Toll on Estranged Adult Children
The consequence of their own choices: The lasting emotional impacts of estrangement on those practicing it.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 16. Yes, Some Parents are Far From Perfect
Real vs lesser harms in estrangement: Can we differentiate justifiable, and ideological or socially performed estrangement?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 15. The Radicalised Parent Narrative
The role of academic "experts" and media propagandists in shaping anti-parent narratives justifying estrangement.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 14. Case Study: How to Grieve the Parent Who Could Have Been and Never Will Be
A case study in how parents are idealised in therapeutic language and discarded on failing to meet these unspecified one-sided expectations.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 13. Who's the Narcissist?
Looking too deeply into the mirror: Estrangement Ideology as a form of narcissism.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 12. The Estranged Adult Child Identity
Labelling Estrangement: How the Estranged Adult Child identity is formed and maintained through self-labelling and social reinforcement.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 10. The Cyclebreaking Deception
Is "cyclebreaking" a progressivist deception involving rampant emotional immaturity and a self-defeating crusade?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 9. The Emotional Immaturity Paradox
The paradox of how accusations of parental "emotional immaturity" reflect generational fragility, neurodivergence, modern day priggishness and cultural shifts.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 8. Redefining Parenthood and Family
From lifelong caregiver to conditional participant: How Estrangement Ideology reimagines the parent-child bond.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 7. Claiming Power
Unpacking the power shift: How Estrangement Ideology redefines family dynamics and authority in terms of a reductionist balance of power.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 6. A Subtle Form of Elder Abuse
What relationship does Estrangement Ideology have to the Chinese concept of "cold violence" and does it amount to elder abuse by another name?