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How to connect with adult children who live far away

My adult children live across the country and only visit once a year for three days and spend most of that time on their phones and I feel like a stranger in their lives.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Distance becomes a metaphor for disconnection when physical space mirrors the growing emotional gap between generations.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adult relationships with adult children?”

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