Parent-child connection amid menopause treatment
As children move toward adolescence or adulthood, parental influence can no longer rely on proximity or authority alone. Neufeld and Maté argue that attachment provides the context in which guidance is accepted, especially when peers and digital culture compete for loyalty. Menopause treatment is not their subject, yet family connection can become harder to protect when appointments, symptoms, stress, and reduced patience alter the household atmosphere. For parents in this collection, the central invitation is to replace control with relationship through rituals of connection, room for dependence, and emotional availability as children gradually become separate people.
About Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté
Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté combined decades of clinical work with their own experience as parents. Their collaboration asks a personal question beneath the theory: why can devoted adults lose influence with children they deeply love, and how can connection be restored?
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