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When adult children stop speaking and parents don't know whether to intervene

Our adult kids barely speak to each other anymore after the fight they had at Christmas two years ago and my husband thinks we should stay out of it but I can't stand watching our family fall apart. We used to all get together and now we have to choose which kid to see for holidays.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parents are caught between respecting their adult children's autonomy and grieving the loss of family unity.

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