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When parents and teens clash over expensive orthodontic treatment decisions

My teenage daughter needs extensive orthodontic work and we can't agree on priorities — she's embarrassed about her smile but I'm worried about the debt, and every conversation about it ends with both of us feeling guilty and misunderstood.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The weight of financial reality and adolescent social pain are both valid but pulling in opposite directions.

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