Many aging parents are left heartbroken as their adult children stop calling, rarely visit, and grow emotionally distant. While it may seem like life simply became busier, the real reasons sometimes run deeper – and far more painful – than most expect.
The decision of adult children to pull away from their parents isn’t always rooted in coldness – it can be the result of years of unresolved emotional pain, evolving roles, and a quiet, personal reckoning with the past.