Esspee
So many threads on Gransnet about estrangement yet people pile on here to say they don’t see it.
You should also read the threads on Mumsnet on the subject of going no contact. It has become an epidemic.
Sparkling. I blame the internet for putting the idea into the empty heads of the younger generation. I see a selfish, entitled generation of snowflakes who think only of themselves, and resent the older generation who lived modestly to have security in retirement.
I am thankful that I do not have a problem with my children but I am very much aware that many older people are ghosted by their children for perceived faults such as not providing childcare or money.
Equally, you should read the threads on the Elderly Parents board on Mumsnet.
I see a generation of adult children, trying to work full time, raise their children, spend time as a family etc, making themselves mentally and physically unwell trying to fulfill their elderly parents’ expectations of them.
Not being able to visit your elderly parent as often as they would like is not estrangement.
Describing an entire generation (your children’s generation) as jealous, entitled, selfish and having “empty heads” is so wildly judgement, disrespectful and ignorant.