Is Estrangement Becoming More Popular?

More people are talking about estrangement, but is that because it’s more prevalent?

I'm often asked if estrangement is becoming more common. My answer to that is, "No way!" While we see it more online today, thirty years ago, someone could leave their family and never see them again. I know people who say, "I have a brother in St. Louis," and that's all they know. They don’t have an address or a phone number—nothing. Isn’t that estrang…