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Wednesday, 8 November 2023

Woman Plans Guest Room Transformation After Birth Of Second Kid, Faces Entitled Mom’s Reaction

For relationships to be healthy, they need boundaries. Even (or especially?) when they’re familial. This is perfectly illustrated in a recent Reddit post by a woman who goes on the platform by the nickname Flappygasted.

A few days ago, she turned to the subreddit ‘Entitled Parents‘ to vent about her mother. The lady thinks she has dibs on her guest room and now that Flappygasted is about to welcome a second child into her life, she told her that she is going to convert it into a home office.

The two of them quickly got into a fight, and their story reminds us just how tricky it can be to navigate family dynamics.

This “entitled” mother couldn’t accept that her daughter is going to transform the guest room she frequently stays in to a home office

Image credits: halfpoint (not the actual photo)

And even said she wouldn’t visit her anymore

Image credits: Michael Soledad (not the actual photo)

Image credits: flappygasted

Tension between adult children and their parents isn’t uncommon

In the words of marital expert John Gottman, it’s not whether you disagree or fight but how you disagree or fight that matters. Sadly, this time things got heated.

The psychological effects of controlling parenting can have negative, long-lasting impacts on their kids’ emotional well-being and mental health.

Research indicates that children and adults can experience symptoms of anxiety, depression, poor self-esteem, and elevated stress. If little or no relief is obtained, these mental health disorders can worsen over time.

However, society is growing increasingly aware of this.

Despite a lack of hard data, there is a growing perception among therapists, psychologists, and sociologists that parent-child break-ups are on the rise in Western countries.

Formally known as estrangement, experts’ definitions of the concept differ slightly, but the term is broadly used for situations in which someone cuts off all communication with a relative.

Although research is limited, most break-ups between a parent and a grown-up child tend to be initiated by the child, says Joshua Coleman, psychologist and author of The Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict.

One of the most common reasons for this is past or present abuse by the parent, whether emotional, verbal, physical, or sexual. Divorce is another frequent influence, with consequences ranging from the adult child “taking sides,” to new people joining the family, such as stepsiblings or stepparents, which can fuel divisions over both financial and emotional resources. Clashes in values are also increasingly thought to have a part in this.

Flappygasted’s mom (and other parents, for that matter) have to realize that their hurtful actions and words have consequences and should ask themselves if “issues” like this room transformation are worth risking the relationship they have with their children, because, again, nowadays folks aren’t that afraid to sever ties even with their closest kin.

Our growing awareness of mental health, and how toxic or abusive family relationships can affect our well-being, is not something we continue to ignore.

“While there’s nothing especially modern about family conflict or a desire to feel insulated from it, conceptualizing the estrangement of a family member as an expression of personal growth, as it is commonly done today, is almost certainly new,” Coleman adds. “Deciding which people to keep in or out of one’s life has become an important strategy.”

Image credits: cottonbro studio (not the actual photo)

As the story went viral, its author provided more information in the comments

While people continued reacting to it

Some even shared their own similar experiences

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