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"Have you stopped speaking to one or more of your parents, or a sibling? If so,
you’re not alone. Family estrangement is common, and has affected around one in
25 Australians.
Fictional potrayals of family estrangement routinely cast it as a plot device:
an organising tension, or a problem to be “fixed”. For example, in the movie
Encanto, about family ties, community, and magic, estrangement is vital to
the story.
A family member, Bruno, is driven away when his family decides his magical
prophecies are mischievous and meddling, rather than helpful. As conflicting
truths are eventually revealed and resolved, Bruno is welcomed home.
The reality of family estrangement is more complex. Sometimes, it is not a
problem to be solved, but a solution to a more difficult set of problems. One
of the most detailed studies of estrangement,
Hidden Voices: Family
Estrangement in Adulthood, reveals the complexity of the experience."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
