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The Question After ‘Why?’
I still want to understand what happened. A new study made me ask what an answer could actually give back.
Sep 27
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Steve Zenone
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I Sent Them My Side. I Didn't Ask Them to Agree.
I sent both of my sons the archive I've been writing for months. I wanted them to have my account of what happened. I didn't ask them to accept it.
Sep 16
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Steve Zenone
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What Therapy Can Know About the Parent Who Isn't There
A therapist can validate one person's experience. That's not the same as independently verifying the family history.
Sep 9
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Steve Zenone
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The Second Estrangement
Sometimes the parent-child relationship breaks first. A new study asks what happens when the sibling relationship goes with it.
Sep 2
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Steve Zenone
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August 2026
An Epidemic Needs a Trend Line
Estrangement may be common. That doesn't tell us whether it's becoming more common, and the difference is larger than it sounds.
Aug 26
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Steve Zenone
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No Contact Doesn't Tell You How Someone Feels
A 2026 study of 75 older estranged parents found 49.3% reported sorrow, 46.7% were classified as ambivalent and 4% reported relief.
Aug 19
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Steve Zenone
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Estrangement Doesn't Stay Between Two People
The relationship that breaks may involve two people. The family that reorganizes around it rarely does.
Aug 12
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Steve Zenone
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The Men I Don't Know
I raised two boys. Somewhere beyond my reach they became men I hardly know. On the quiet, ongoing grief of estrangement from your grown children.
Aug 4
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Steve Zenone
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July 2026
The Ones Who Stayed
I write a lot about the people who left. This one is about the ones who stayed - my wife, my stepson - and the quiet, unconditional love that never…
Jul 30
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Steve Zenone
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The Victim
She wanted to take my wife to court to be named the victim. The court dismissed it. There's a name for the move: DARVO, and it works on everyone but the…
Jul 28
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Steve Zenone
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The Closet
Part two of The Phone Was Never the Problem. My son hid in a closet to call his father, and was punished for reaching me. What coercive control does to…
Jul 21
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Steve Zenone
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The Phone Was Never the Problem
I gave my sons phones so they could reach me. Reaching me became the one thing that could cost them everyone else. What that does to a child.
Jul 14
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Steve Zenone
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