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How to guide teenage choices without repeating past mistakes

My 14-year-old daughter dresses provocatively and I want to control what she wears, but I don't want to shame her body the way my mother shamed mine.

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Breaking generational patterns requires finding new ways to address legitimate concerns without using harmful methods from our past.

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