Do you suspect your adult child's spouse is answering your texts? Is your estranged adult son's partner coaching him to stay away from you? How much influence do third parties have when it comes to estrangement from parents? The answer is, it depends. There's no question that we're all influenced by the people in our lives. But when it comes to big decisions like cutting off from family, most of us would like to make sure we're doing what works best for us. Even if someone is encouraging your child to keep her distance from you, if she really wanted to contact you, she'd eventually find a way to do it. In this episode (use the player below to listen), Tina advises parents to keep your eye on the ball, don't contribute to a negative environment by engaging with hostile third parties, and remember your own power. As she says in the recording, "If it takes a village to resist you, you must be very powerful."