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When parents and teens both mourn the relationship they're losing

My teenage daughter and I used to be close but now every conversation feels like I'm saying the wrong thing, and I think we're both sad about losing each other but don't know how to get back.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Developmental necessity can feel like mutual rejection when neither person understands the process.

Ideas that help explain it
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