r/EstrangedAdultChild
66k members
r/EstrangedAdultChild is a subreddit with 66k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses parents, estrangement, estranged, struggling, and contact.
A community for adult children that are, are thinking about, or were estranged from one or both of their parents.
Common reasons for estrangement are abuse, differing expectations about family roles, neglect, clashes based on personalities, or value systems like religion.
NC = No Contact, LC = Low Contact, VLC = Very Low Contact
Popular Themes in r/EstrangedAdultChild
#1
Advice Requests
: "Your parents will not change. The math is not as complicated as it feels."
24 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "My mother has apologised multiple times for my childhood, so why do I still not want a relationship with her?"
22 posts
Popular Topics in r/EstrangedAdultChild
#1
Parents
: "I had to block my Parents from my daughter’s iPad today…and I’m angry."
47 posts
#2
Estrangement
: "Crazy now that I typed this…Father choosing Estrangement after remarriage"
42 posts
#3
Estranged
: "Did you see your Estranged parent before they died?"
38 posts
#4
Struggling
: "I have no family 🤷♀️"
29 posts
#5
Contact
: "No Contact with my parters dad now the rest of the family is cutting him off"
29 posts
#6
Family
: "My parents emptied my adult brother’s bank account to force communication and it has reopened old Family wounds"
29 posts
#7
Father
: "Nc Father is destroying his family again. Surprise surprise."
21 posts
#8
No Contact
: "For those that went No Contact with your parents, but there was no obvious abuse, what made you finally make that decision?"
20 posts
#9
Mother
: "Mother had a box of baby formula sent to me..."
19 posts
#10
Nc
: "Nc father is destroying his family again. Surprise surprise."
18 posts
Member Growth in r/EstrangedAdultChild
Yearly
+14k members(27.0%)
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Last updated: June 29, 2026