Whitney Goodman

a different way of looking at the point that you just made about, you know, is this because we become more individualistic and are people just moving away from relationships that I think we have to flip the script a little bit here and say, it's the dynamics of the family that are making this happen. If we learn to speak more kindly to one another, to set boundaries,

to tolerate our differences, have better communication skills, not have our families be places of abuse and conflict and chaos, then people won't have to estrange themselves as much. And so I don't like to put the onus of responsibility or blame necessarily always on the people who are doing the estrangement.

to tolerate our differences, have better communication skills, not have our families be places of abuse and conflict and chaos, then people won't have to estrange themselves as much. And so I don't like to put the onus of responsibility or blame necessarily always on the people who are doing the estrangement.

to tolerate our differences, have better communication skills, not have our families be places of abuse and conflict and chaos, then people won't have to estrange themselves as much. And so I don't like to put the onus of responsibility or blame necessarily always on the people who are doing the estrangement.

And instead to try to look back at how is the family system operating that we are feeling like this is our best option. Because that must be really painful for those people to look at their family and say, this is the only choice I've got.

And instead to try to look back at how is the family system operating that we are feeling like this is our best option. Because that must be really painful for those people to look at their family and say, this is the only choice I've got.

And instead to try to look back at how is the family system operating that we are feeling like this is our best option. Because that must be really painful for those people to look at their family and say, this is the only choice I've got.

We are also recognizing how other families operate. You know, with social media and the internet, we have other lenses. into how different families work and what they're like and what they do. And that was normally something that we didn't get exposed to until much later in life. You know, I know for me, when I went away to college, I was like, oh, wow, everyone is different.

We are also recognizing how other families operate. You know, with social media and the internet, we have other lenses. into how different families work and what they're like and what they do. And that was normally something that we didn't get exposed to until much later in life. You know, I know for me, when I went away to college, I was like, oh, wow, everyone is different.

We are also recognizing how other families operate. You know, with social media and the internet, we have other lenses. into how different families work and what they're like and what they do. And that was normally something that we didn't get exposed to until much later in life. You know, I know for me, when I went away to college, I was like, oh, wow, everyone is different.

Their families work differently. If you grow up in a small place in a bubble. It's easy to feel like everyone is like you. And there are a lot of adults that say, you know, I didn't realize that not everyone's parents did X to them. And then I realized like, wow, that's wrong. I shouldn't have been treated that way.

Their families work differently. If you grow up in a small place in a bubble. It's easy to feel like everyone is like you. And there are a lot of adults that say, you know, I didn't realize that not everyone's parents did X to them. And then I realized like, wow, that's wrong. I shouldn't have been treated that way.

Their families work differently. If you grow up in a small place in a bubble. It's easy to feel like everyone is like you. And there are a lot of adults that say, you know, I didn't realize that not everyone's parents did X to them. And then I realized like, wow, that's wrong. I shouldn't have been treated that way.

And I think a lot of young people are having these awakenings much earlier because they just have so much more exposure to the way other people live.

And I think a lot of young people are having these awakenings much earlier because they just have so much more exposure to the way other people live.

And I think a lot of young people are having these awakenings much earlier because they just have so much more exposure to the way other people live.