Is the culture around family estrangement changing?
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Is the culture around family estrangement changing?
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It’s the holiday season. The time of year when many of us go back home to see our families. But this year, a lot of people aren’t going home, and maybe haven’t been back in a long time. 27% of Americans are estranged from at least one family member, and the term “no contact” is increasingly being used to describe estrangement between adult children and their parents. But is estrangement happening more often, or are we just more open to talking about it? And is our culture around family shifting? Host Brittany Luse sits down with culture journalist Kui Mwai and Whitney Goodman, licensed marriage and family therapist and the host of the Calling Home podcast, to find out.
This episode was produced by Liam McBain, with additional support from Barton Girdwood. This episode was edited by Jasmine Romero. Engineering support came from Patrick Murray. Our Executive Producer is Jasmine Romero. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.
