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fromSlate Magazine
16 hours ago

My Parents Kicked Me Out of the House When I Was 14. I Always Dreamed of Having Them Back-But Not Like This.

When I was 14, my parents kicked me out because I was doing drugs and getting rides with random dudes. My uncle found me a couple of days later, having driven around town constantly looking for me the moment he heard about what had happened. He was a total wild man, but he put a roof over my head when nobody else would, gave me unconditional love, and helped me find my way.
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

My Mother Disappeared From My Life. Decades Later, She's Made a Stunning Offer.

Accepting a multimillion-dollar gift from an estranged parent creates a moral and emotional conflict between securing family financial stability and refusing to condone past abandonment.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Surviving Childhood Abandonment by a Parent

Parental abandonment and emotional neglect produce internalized unworthiness, distort relational trust, and shape adult self-worth and partner selection.
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