How Should I Talk to My Kids About a Family Estrangement?
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#584YS)

Having a dysfunctional relationship with your parents-to the degree that you find it necessary to cut off all contact with them-is painful enough. But when you also have kids who are beginning to wonder why grandma hasn't come to visit in a long time, old wounds get reopened again and again.