My teenage son told me he doesn't want to see me anymore after the divorce and my new husband keeps trying to give me advice about how to handle it but he's never had children and doesn't understand that sometimes there's nothing you can do but wait and it's creating tension between us.
More people experience this than they realize.
The deep grief and helplessness of losing connection with a child cannot be solved through conventional problem-solving approaches, creating friction between partners with different parenting experience.
“Where Are You with Parental identity — becoming and losing?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.