People are not cutting off their parents because they had unfair expectations of perfection of them. But a defensive reaction to stories like these can be a red flag that you won’t be able to hear crucial feedback from your own kids if your behavior has hurt them.

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This week we were joined once again by the incredible @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com to talk about the Reality Fracture story! This is a must-listen to episode if you like the craft of writing, Magic's worldbuilding, or the band Queen. soundcloud.com/user-3456430...

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The other category of coverage is *extremely* implausible first-person accounts from estranged parents. According to this woman, her son cut her off after she was mildly rude to his fiance's family a single time. There's no way this is the entire story. www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationship...

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Another one. The premise: Young people are cutting off their parents for minor mistakes and misunderstandings. The lead anecdote: A woman severs ties with her family for refusing to get vaccinated before her wedding — to a man who *lost his mother and brother to COVID*

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This is a quietly metastasizing moral panic

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