Not every parent estranged from an adult has received a request for no contact. If you have, then the most appropriate response might be to acknowledge the request and take a step back for a while.
Insisting on communication with someone who’s already indicated they don’t want that will not bring you closer.
But if your adult child just seems less engaged in the relationship and won’t tell you why, or hasn’t indicated that you shouldn’t reach out now and then, you can engage in thoughtful contact without making the estrangement worse, by applying some of Tina’s 10 rules of thumb for communicating with estranged adult children.
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For much more on how to repair and enhance your relationship with your adult child(ren), read Tina’s book, Reconnecting With Your Estranged Adult Child.
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