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When adult children want to support aging parents emotionally

My dad and I have never been great at talking about feelings but he's getting older and I can see he's scared about things he won't name, and I want to be there for him but we don't have the language or the practice for this kind of conversation.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The relationship you've always had isn't equipped for the vulnerability that aging and mortality demand.

Ideas that help explain it
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