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Radio silence

Breaking off contact: Our topic for March
Editorial blog
2 min

Breaking off contact: Our topic for March

A painful step: Why do adult children turn away from their parents? What helps when relationships have reached an impasse?

Radio silence: An elderly woman holds a letter in her hand
Family life
4 min

Breaking off contact: «I was a mother hen»

For a year now, there has been radio silence between Rita, 60, and her daughter, 32. A story about guilt, loss and hope.

Breaking off contact with her parents: A woman tells her story
Family life
16 min

Breaking off contact: Keeping your distance from those closest to you

Breaking off contact with parents: Where do disappointment and hurt feelings, rupture and alienation come from? What helps? And how can we do better?

Barbara Bleisch: Children owe their parents nothing
Health
3 min

Breaking off contact: «Children owe their parents nothing»

The philosopher Barbara Bleisch says that children only take the radical step of removing their parents from their lives after suffering many injuries.

Health
2 min

«One day my son will come back»

The 16-year-old son has broken off contact with his mother and now lives with his father. The mother is desperate.

Radio silence: When a child leaves its parents. The picture shows expert Claudia Haarmann sitting at the table for an interview.
Health
11 min

«Radio silence is worse than the worst argument»

Breaking off contact has been on the cards for much longer than it seems, says psychotherapist Claudia Haarmann.

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