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When Children Withdraw After Family Trauma

My teenage son has been increasingly angry and distant since the divorce and I don't know if I should give him space or push him to talk.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The impulse to repair relationship damage confronts the need to honor another's processing timeline.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Care ethics — justice from relationship?”

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