Cut off ties?

I read a provocative article on how therapists are increasingly recommending

Estrangement from parents, effectively ending

Almost all communication as a means of prioritizing self-care

After decades of advising people to focus on repair

Of relationships gone sour, now the focus has changed

Any suggestion of trauma is considered a good reason to get estranged

From family including parents- but in what world can completely cutting ties

With your own parents be considered wise?

*

Criticism by parents framed as abuse

Strict parenting labeled as traumatic, encouraging offsprings to choose

Complete estrangement from the family in which they were raised

I wonder why one should not give their parents more grace?

*

In a world plagued increasingly by loneliness

Isolation from loved ones cannot be the best way to relieve emotional distress

If firm boundaries were established without cutting contact

If harmful patterns of behavior were discarded, and channels ot communication left intact

That would help one heal from childhood trauma without inflicting pain

Let the door between parents and their children open remain