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Budget and the Bees
Budget and the Bees
Latrice Perez

Why Your Adult Children Don’t Call You (It’s Not Because They’re Busy)

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The phone doesn’t ring. You see their updates on social media, smiling at brunch or traveling. Yet, they can’t find five minutes to call you. It hurts. It feels like betrayal.

You tell yourself they are just busy with work and kids. You make excuses for them. But deep down, you suspect something else. The silence feels personal.

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