I should’ve been safe staying with family

Shannon’s sister had finally left her abusive husband. So why couldn’t she shake a horrid feeling…

My own mum despised me from the moment I was born

Brittany had been a teen mum herself. So when her lookalike daughter said she needed to chat, she knew what was coming…

TUESDAYS had always been Joyce’s day for looking after Megan, her granddaughter. To begin with, this had meant caring for her as a tiny baby, taking her for long walks in her pram as her mum had gone

Social media is awash with stories of adult children who have gone ‘no contact’ with their parents. What’s causing this distressing trend, and how can such heartbreaking family rifts be mended?