LibraryScenariosWhen your adult children treat your illness as an inconvenience
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When your adult children treat your illness as an inconvenience

I have cancer and am starting chemotherapy next month and my adult children are fighting over who has to take care of me like I am a burden to be distributed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Vulnerability in illness reveals the quality of bonds we thought were strong, where need becomes a mirror reflecting love's true depth.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Adult relationships with adult children?”

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