If you find yourself asking, Where did my loving child go?, consider this: You are not imagining the change. You are not alone in your confusion. And you are not required to abandon your own reality ...

A reader is hesitant to interfere in a yearlong mother-and-uncle skirmish, despite one party’s track record for torpedoing close relationships. By Philip Galanes My mom and her brother have been ...

Every year, the holidays—which the media presents as the most joyful time of the year—can be a marathon to endure for the estranged. Often, they’re a painful reminder of the loss, loneliness, ...

Note: This column was originally published in 2022. Dear Annie: Almost 15 years ago, my older sister removed me from her life after a series of messy arguments. At the time, she just stopped taking my ...

Dear Annie: Almost 15 years ago, my older sister removed me from her life after a series of messy arguments. At the time, she just stopped taking my calls and waited for me to leave family functions ...

DEAR ANNIE: Almost 15 years ago, my older sister removed me from her life after a series of messy arguments. At the time, she just stopped taking my calls and waited for me to leave family functions ...

Familial feuds have ripple effects, experts say. By Catherine Pearson Family estrangement is a hotter topic than ever on social media, where scores of confessional videos discuss the virtues and ...

What was 2025's best rock album? You've been helping the folks at Loudwire Nights decide picking out Three Days Grace's Alienation and Deftones' private music to advance to a final battle for the ...

One evening last year, Laura Wellington opened her phone, created a TikTok account called “Doormat Mom” and filmed her first post from her porch in Connecticut. “Were you a really good parent who did ...

Oprah Winfrey is shining a light on family estrangement, which she calls "one of the fastest-growing cultural shifts of our time" — but one expert says the media mogul helped fuel that very culture.

While she reportedly faced several early challenges, Meghan Markle has finally reached her estranged father, Thomas Markle, as he recovers from leg-amputation surgery in the Philippines. On Wednesday, ...

A prominent Arkansas doctor denies that he had anything to do with the deaths of his estranged wife and two young children and is “heartbroken” after their bodies were found at his home amid a bitter ...