People who are estranged from abusive family members face so much stigma and judgement. Family doesn’t mean allowing abuse. If you’ve had to make the heart wrenching decision to choose yourself, it’s an act of courage. Even if others don’t understand.
Our society has never been taught the role of a parent is: to provide an emotionally healthy home for the child to develop into who they actually are, not who the parent wants them to be. This understanding will change future generations and break cycles.
They had to put a commercial on tv that said “it’s 10pm. Do you know where your kids are?” for our parents to remember we existed. We were not stuck in the house.