TELESEMINAR SERIES FOR COUPLES AND PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND TEENS
TELESEMINARS FOR ESTRANGED PARENTS
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3:42 pm
judy said:
The JCC on the Upper West Side in Manhattan has a support group for "parents of alienated adult children". I think there is a group starting in March 2012.
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LH,
I have never seen anyone reply to the non-English posts on this website; therefore, I assumed they are all spam, and this was a nice way to tell them to please stop wasting our time… Does anyone else feel the same way I do?
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Helen Marie, posts with lots of links in them are spam. Ignore them.
Also, before getting offended at the presence of non-English posts, remember that this website is open to everyone in the world who has an Internet connection. It's not a uniquely American or English-speaking site. People who post in other languages (and aren't spammers) may be desperate and reaching out to anyone who can hear them, in the hopes that someone else on the forum speaks their language. There may be few or no resources available in their own language. Policing the board to demand that all posters speak your own language will only drive away people who may see nowhere else to turn.
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11:07 pm
juve maglia rabbia e quell’orgoglio di dover salvare maglia asroma l’Enna che rappresenta un capoluogo di provincia ed ha alle spalle un passato glorioso che non può essere gettato alle maglia ufficiale ortiche in questo modo. Allo stesso modo anche la società in questi giorni dovrà stringersi intorno alla squadra juventus maglia e proteggerla.
10:34 pm
Hi,
I'm new to this forum. I saw a post that was of interest but could not access it, so I started a new one on the same topic.
My 21 year old daughter has moved out of our apartmenta bout a year ago. She had been angry, disrespectful and hostile for some time before she moved out. Now she is seeing a therapist and sends me a text a week wishing me a "good Shabbat" on Fridays–we are observant Jews.
I am divorced and I know she is in close contact with her father who is remarried–I am not. I raised her, as well as her sister and brother and sacrificed a lot for them. They are all distant from me (the two older ones are married) but I have some contact and do get to see the grandkids–not as often as I would like.
My question is about the 21 year old with whom I have the least contact–besides for the weekly text, towhich I respond in kind and she occasionally comes by to pick up her mail. She pretty much ignores me when she comes. I adored this daughter and she was cute and full of personality and gave great hugs. I miss her terribly. I know she has been angry and hurt about the divorce and never got over it. We divorced when she was around 9 years old and I always let her have as much contact with her father as she wanted. I moved to Brooklyn mostly so they could be closer to their father.
I sent her a birthday card with a check to which she did not respond. I texted her to invite her to celebrate over ice cream at a local ice cream shop and she replied "I appreciate the invitation, but I'll have to decline." What the heck does that mean? Should I try–our Rabbi is willing to get involved–to contact her therapist? I don't even know who the therapist is.
I'm pretty brokenhearted about the alienation from all three–though this one is the worst so far. Being divorced leaves me with no loving support nearby, although I am grateful for caring friends.
I'd love to hear from you. Also, does anyone know of a Parental Alienation live support group in New York City? I'd like to join one.
Thank you, and G-d bless you all.
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