Centre Adjunct Associate Professor (Medical Humanities) Dr. Kai Tai Chan Interviewed by South China Morning Post on Parental Estrangement in Asia

Our Centre’s Adjunct Associate Professor (Medical Humanities), Dr. Kai Tai Chan, was featured in a South China Morning Post interview on the quietly emerging issue of parental estrangement in Hong Kong. He identified problematic parenting styles, personality clashes, ideological differences, and past trauma as key causes, inviting reflection on how modern relationships challenge traditional expectations.

Parental estrangement is on the rise in Asia. But why do adult children go ‘no contact’?

Retrieved from South China Morning Post (22 August 2026)