r/EstrangedAdultChild
65k members
r/EstrangedAdultChild is a subreddit with 65k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses family, estrangement, parents, no contact, and nc.
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
Pain & Anger
: "Ridiculous and insane. Am I justified for shutting it down the way I did?"
38 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I don’t know how to tell my mother I won’t be coming back home."
19 posts
Popular Topics in r/EstrangedAdultChild
#1
Family
: "Cut off all my Family for a million reasons - now they contacted my company and everyone read it"
74 posts
#2
Estrangement
: "The idea Estrangement is some trendy thing kids do for attention is insane"
59 posts
#3
Parents
: "My (homophobic) estranged Parents want to attend my lesbian wedding???? Wtf?????"
56 posts
#4
No Contact
: "How I stay No Contact."
56 posts
#5
Nc
: "update: over 10Y of Nc w/ parent, she recently tried to contact me and family enables her"
54 posts
#6
Estranged
: "My (homophobic) Estranged parents want to attend my lesbian wedding???? Wtf?????"
48 posts
#7
Mother
: "My Mother posted this after denying her own Mother medical care for multiple years"
48 posts
#8
Struggling
: "Severe Crisis right now"
32 posts
#9
Advice
: "Need Advice on a sudden contact attempt from my mom after months of no contact"
25 posts
#10
Guilt
: "Aren’t we trained to feel Guilt and shame?"
20 posts
Member Growth in r/EstrangedAdultChild
Yearly
+13k members(26.3%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026