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Seeing Your Past Mistakes in Your Child's Normal Behavior

My son is the same age now that I was when I first got arrested and I watch him make normal teenage mistakes and panic that he's heading down my path.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Personal history can distort parental perception, turning ordinary adolescent development into existential threat.

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