Not Estranged, But Not Close Either: The Rise Of 'Low Contact' Family Relationships

You’ve probably heard that family estrangement, particularly between adult children and their parents, is on the rise (though not everyone agrees that this is a strictly modern phenomenon). 

In these cases, people often choose to go “no-contact”, meaning they don’t communicate with the estranged family member at all.

But a perhaps uncountable number of adults are choosing “low-contact”, a kind of “gentler” estrangement, to help manage family schisms too. 

What does “going low-contact” mean?