Personal Digest: 38% of adults are estranged — parenting in 2026
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38% of adults — About 38% of adults report cutting ties with relatives, driven by politics, social media and cultural shifts in therapy.
| CaliforniaWildfire blame and dwindling river deals tighten California’s squeeze |
 | Southern CaliforniaSouthern California readies for tougher water cuts |
 | ParentingFamilies fray and flex: estrangement, gentle therapy and AI helpers Family estrangement (foxnews.com) · Trauma (fingerlakesdailynews.com) · Television (yahoo.com) |
 | ClimateCourts protect clean grants as butterflies, water and fires shift Environmental Policy (utilitydive.com) · Butterfly (courthousenews.com) · Finance (reuters.com) |
 | Video GameBig money, broken cartridges and creative burnout shake gaming Leveraged Buyout (semafor.com) · Video game preservation (svg.com) · Electronic Arts (pluang.com) |
 | FilmFestivals flex star power: James Gray, Ava DuVernay and high-profile docs New York Film Festival (wral.com) · Toronto International Film Festival (deadline.com) |
 | EconomyGroceries pinching wallets while markets and space race surge Food prices (npr.org) · Monetary Policy (yardeniquicktakes.com) · Bond Market (google.com) |
 | CultureAriana Grande and the gaze: fame, image and modern celebrity rules |
 | TelevisionFeel-good returns, nostalgia docs and tougher true-crime nature Ted Lasso (latimes.com) · Gilmore Girls (facebook.com) · Acting (deadline.com) |
 | MusicPop protest, AI-resistant beats and earnings that still hum BTS (iowastatedaily.com) · Artificial Intelligence (cdm.link) · Charli XCX (aftermath.site) |
 | MediaTrust erodes as social platforms remix mental-health narratives |
 | GeographyMaps get real: Hormuz talks, landslide risks and a phantom island Strait Of Hormuz (indianexpress.com) · Landslide (earth.com) · Cartography (spacedaily.com) |
 | Los AngelesDTLA Arena locked in for 2028 gymnastics |
 | EntertainmentStudios shuffle, theaters roar, classics get bigger Walt Disney Company (deadline.com) · Movie Theater (stockstory.org) · Paid Media (glossy.co) |