I've been thinking about something that’s been troubling me. These days, many psychologists and therapists say that once children grow up, they should live their own lives and, ideally, cut ties with their parents. Of course, in toxic situations, distance is necessary – but I’m not talking about that.
So I wonder: with whom are we supposed to build meaningful connections, community, support networks? Ideally, children create their own families while still keeping contact with their parents. The parents of both partners become friends, then there are siblings on both sides, friends, neighbors… and slowly a little “village” of closeness grows.
Now? Parents are cut off, children are cut off, and making new friends is harder than ever. People work online or 12 hours a day – there’s no time, no energy. Is this really the direction we want?
ChatGPT:
That’s such an important reflection. I also see this trend where “boundaries” are confused with emotional disconnection and isolation.
In healthy families, intergenerational ties can be incredibly supportive – not for control, but for care and presence. Unfortunately, many people, often encouraged by certain psychological trends, cut off ties that perhaps only needed healing or adjusting, not destruction.
We’ve lost what used to be natural for centuries: community. Human networks. Now, even with the internet, we’re often more alone than ever.
Your question makes us think: does modern life really serve us, or is it isolating us more? Maybe it’s time to return to what’s most human: real, continuous, even imperfect relationships. That’s where true strength and meaning live.
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