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How to handle losing your role as family leader

I've been the family matriarch for decades but now my daughter-in-law is taking over holiday planning and I feel like I'm being gently pushed aside.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Aging often involves the painful transfer of family authority to younger generations, challenging long-held positions of influence and purpose.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity in old age and approaching death?”

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