Christina Workman
Laugh, Cry, Scream: Life with Grief & Estrangement
When Your Child Uses “Boundaries” to Shut You Out
- Published
- April 23, 2026
- Duration
- 36:28
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Apr 23, 2026
Discusses health, mental, kids, family, parenting.
Summary
What happens when the word boundary becomes the end of the relationship instead of the beginning of a real conversation?In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris Workman and Joe Sassman dig into one of the most painful realities of family estrangement: being cut off by an adult child with little to no conversation, often through language that feels scr…
Show notes
What happens when the word boundary becomes the end of the relationship instead of the beginning of a real conversation?In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris Workman and Joe Sassman dig into one of the most painful realities of family estrangement: being cut off by an adult child with little to no conversation, often through language that feels scripted, sudden, and final. They talk about the labels parents hear over and over again like toxic, narcissistic, gaslighting, and boundary, and
Themes
- health
- mental
- kids
- family
- parenting