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Psychology researcher reveals what parents should do when cut off by adult children

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Psychology researcher reveals what parents should do when cut off by adult children See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Family estrangement has become increasingly common in the US — but experts stress that reconciliation may still be possible after relatives have cut ties.

Common ground

A 2025 YouGov poll found that 38% of US adults were estranged from at least one close family member, including 16% who were estranged from a parent and 10% from a child.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Texas-based psychology researcher Dr. Richard Blake stated that the majority of estrangements do come to an end”
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The search results for 'Dr. Richard Blake' returned unrelated physicians (Dr. Greg Barry, Brian Glenn) and directory pages. There is no evidence in the provided text to confirm the existence of a Texas-based psychology researcher by that name or his statement regarding estrangements.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find a McLaren Health Care physician by specialty, location, name, insurance participation, gender, or distance from your ZIP code.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 23, 2026 · Dr. Greg Barry, MD is a family medicine physician in Detroit, MI. He is affiliated with medical facilities Ascension Saint John Hospital and Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find a McLaren Health Care physician by specialty, location, name, insurance participation, gender, or distance from your ZIP code.
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Claim 2: “Among parents estranged from their children, 70% said they would consider reconciling.”
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The provided evidence contains general discussions about estranged parents and children (YouTube, TikTok, and general research), but none of the sources mention the specific statistic that 70% of estranged parents would consider reconciling.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rachel Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Watkins; born 2 September 1963) is a British noblewoman and podcaster. She is the estranged wife of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, and chief executiv…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charlotte Stuart, styled Duchess of Albany (29 October 1753 – 17 November 1789) was the illegitimate daughter of the Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie" or the "Young Pre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lilian, Princess of Réthy (born Mary Lilian Henriette Lucie Josephine Ghislaine Baels; (1916-11-28)28 November 1916 – (2002-06-07)7 June 2002) was the second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium. Born …
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Claim 3: “A 2025 YouGov poll found that 38% of US adults were estranged from at least one close family member, including 16% who were estranged from a parent and 10% from a child.”
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Two independent web search results confirm the 2025 YouGov poll findings: 38% of US adults estranged from a close family member and 16% estranged from a parent. While the 10% figure for children is only explicitly mentioned in one of the two corroborating sources, the primary statistics are consistent across multiple reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — YouGov plc is an international Internet-based market research and data analytics firm headquartered in the UK with operations in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia–Pacific.
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Claim 4: “In one nationally representative study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, 81% of adult children who experienced estrangement from their mothers later became unestranged, as did 69% of those estranged from their fathers.”
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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of the 'Journal of Marriage and Family', none of the provided web search results or Wikipedia entries contain the specific statistics regarding the percentage of adult children who became unestranged from their mothers (81%) or fathers (69%).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy, marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Journal of Marriage and Family is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the National Council on Family Relations. It was established in 1939 as Living, renamed…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Open marriage is a form of non-monogamy in which the partners of a dyadic marriage agree that each may engage in extramarital sexual or romantic relationships, without this being regarded by them as i…
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Claim 5: “In a 2025 study of older parents, being cut off from an adult child was associated with poorer well-being and a reduced sense of purpose, as well as greater depressive symptoms.”
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The claim is explicitly stated in one web search result ('Cut off by your adult child? Psychology... - Richmond Hill Local'). However, other search results discuss a different 2025 study in 'Frontiers in Sociology' or general causes of estrangement, providing no second independent source to corroborate these specific findings on well-being and depressive symptoms.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Project 2025 (also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project) is a political initiative published in April 2023 by the Heritage Foundation with the goal of reshaping the U.S. federal governmen…
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