#BigParentingIdea — Before You Disown Your Child
Disowning a child sucks. Like really sucks!
Especially when parents disowned their child for trying to be different then them.
Parents often use this threat (that they will disown this young adult) in order to set him / her straight — “persuade” him / her that their life philosophy/ religion/ ideas/ etc. are the best in the world and should be adopted by everyone in their family.
The parent who disowned a child for that reason showed that she / he didn’t love the child unconditionally.
The parent who disowned a child due to a family conflict, on the other hand, showed that she / he gave up on that relationship. This parent already knows (based on his / her obviously “accurate” assumption) that this relationship will never improve. Otherwise why would they do that? If it was possible that it is only a temporary situation would it make sense to disown anyone taking into consideration that disownment only solidifies the divide?
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