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When adult children return home and boundaries become unclear

My adult son moved back home after losing his job and we're both struggling with the boundaries - I want to help but not enable, he wants support but not surveillance. We love each other but we're making each other miserable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who care deeply for each other are trapped between independence and dependence, with no clear map for this territory.

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