# The No Contact Movement: Why a Generation Is Cutting Off Their Parents (Ep 15)

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Published: 2026-07-15T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of American adults are estranged from a family member right now. That is not a fringe statistic. That may be someone at your table. In this episode, Daniel and Allison Hartman sit down with Randy Schrum to name the no contact movement for what it is: an ideology moving through therapy offices, social media, and college campuses that teaches a generation that cutting off your family is self-care. They separate the rare cases where distance is truly warranted from the millions of estrangements built on nothing more than differing values, and they follow the money to an industry that profits every time a family stays broken. You will hear Daniel's story of cousins in the same town who did not speak for 20 years over an offense no one could remember, why online groups now celebrate how long someone has stayed no contact, and what scripture actually commands when there is conflict in a family: go to the person, make it right, and do not let the sun go down on your wrath. Obedience is for a season. Honor is for life. And if you are a parent with an estranged child, stay to the end. The last two minutes are for you. Scripture in this episode: Ephesians 4:26, Ephesians 6:1-3, Proverbs 13:20 (NKJV)

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