{"id":248796,"date":"2024-07-29T12:13:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/are-there-times-when-we-should-cut-ties-with-a-toxic-family-member\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:42","slug":"are-there-times-when-we-should-cut-ties-with-a-toxic-family-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/are-there-times-when-we-should-cut-ties-with-a-toxic-family-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Are there times when we should cut ties with a toxic family member?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"2BCPF0B London, UK - March 22,2020: Rear view of two men sitting on the opposite sides of the bench watching people play ball in Broomfield Park, public park\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24105610\/SEI_213160142.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2440977\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Alena Kravchenko\/Alamy\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Disagreement is an inevitable event in every relationship, and one of life\u2019s most valuable lessons is how to heal those hurt feelings. However, since I started this column, I have received many emails asking about estrangement from parents or siblings. When is it right to cut ties with someone close to us? And what are the consequences for our well-being?<\/p>\n<p>I talk from personal experience when I say that this is one of the hardest decisions we ever have to make. There can be no hard and fast rules, but sociological and scientific research can help to put our own\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26335012-300-are-there-times-when-we-should-cut-ties-with-a-toxic-family-member\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Disagreement is an inevitable event in every relationship, and one of life\u2019s most valuable lessons is how to heal those hurt feelings. 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