A case study in how parents are idealised in therapeutic language and discarded on failing to meet these unspecified one-sided expectations.
"If the situation were reversed—if a parent were to reject or estrange their adult child for failing to meet their expectations—it would be widely condemned as controlling, rigid and emotionally abusive."
"If the situation were reversed—if a parent were to reject or estrange their adult child for failing to meet their expectations—it would be widely condemned as controlling, rigid and emotionally abusive."