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When Your Adult Children Feel Distant and You Don't Know How to Reconnect

My adult children rarely call me and when they do it feels obligatory and I do not know how to bridge this distance without seeming needy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The transition from needed parent to peripheral figure challenges the core of caretaking identity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Midlife Transitions (40s-60s)?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.