Ever felt like cutting off all contact with your family? There’s a slew of self-help books currently published which encourage individuals to do just that. These bear such titles as ‘The Power of Parting: Finding Peace and Freedom Through Family Estrangement, by Eamon Dolan; Surviving the Toxic Family by Marina Williams; Rules of Estrangement –…
When offspring are told to ditch ‘toxic’ parents
Princesses Eugenie (left) and Beatrice (right), Trooping the
Colour June 2013. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Carfax2.

Mary Kenny