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When parent and teen are caught in an energy-draining cycle

My teenage daughter is constantly exhausted and so am I from trying to motivate her, and we're both stuck — she says I'm draining her with my worry and I feel like I'm pouring energy into a black hole, but we can't figure out how to help each other instead of depleting each other.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent and child are trapped in a dynamic where attempts to help create more depletion for both, but neither knows how to step out of the pattern.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Energy vitality and depletion?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.