As the Beckhams continue their high-profile meltdown, experts say cutting ties with family members is becoming more common, and more visible
“One day she just stopped answering my messages,” Vanessa says, as she talks about the confusion and heartbreak of losing contact with an adult child.
Unlike the Beckhams – whose simmering spat exploded into the headlines this week – Vanessa does not want to go public with her estrangement from her children.
As Brooklyn Beckham and his famous parents, David and Victoria, continue with their high-profile meltdown, she wants people to understand how it affects ordinary people, and what they can do about it.
Vanessa was working as a psychotherapist with people going through familial estrangement. “It wouldn’t happen to me,” she thought.
