discuss Why Do Parent-Child Relationships Get Strained in Adulthood?

[Yama]

Many adults struggle with their relationships with their parents as they grow older. Well, it is understandable you have a family to look after or you are facing many livelihood challenges, but does that mean you have to neglect your parents? How are your relationships with your parents? Those who have estranged relation, what could have caused the tension differing beliefs, independence struggles, or unresolved past issues?

 

[Unvarnished]

Distress between parents and their children develops because of their struggles to become independent. When they become adults, their individual identities becone developed which result in choices that contradict what their parents want. But I found out that communication along with boundary establishment works as tools for managing these challenges.

 

[Ashake]

What I observed is that conflict of perspectives about beliefs and values tend to damage the bonds between parents and their adult children. It is very possible for life perspectives of both the parents and the children to clash. This can be resolved with mutual respect between family members regarding their divergent thoughts.

 

[Augusta]

it is always about the child wanted things his or her way and you know they must turn out wrong.As a parent you always wants the best for them.

 

[Apsara]

How can you conclude it gets strained? When you are adult and have your own family to look after, you might not be able to give as much time as you could have given when you were young