LibraryScenariosWhen your adult child uses reconciliation as an opportunity to attack
Scenario

When your adult child uses reconciliation as an opportunity to attack

My daughter invited me to lunch yesterday just to tell me all the ways I failed as a mother and I sat there taking it because I was so grateful she was speaking to me at all.

Rabia
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Desperation for connection makes one vulnerable to accepting cruelty disguised as honest communication.

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.