38 Percent of U.S. adults are estranged from family. The workplace is feeling it

Family estrangement isn’t just a private family problem anymore. It’s become a widely discussed social phenomenon. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, reports and polls across the United States have pointed to a rise in adults cutting ties with relatives. The subject is everywhere: on social media, on talk shows, and in conversations with friends who are navigating increasingly complicated family dynamics. A 2020 Cornell University study by sociologist Karl Pillemer offered a striking...