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When divorce changes the relationship between parent and child

My teenage daughter and I used to be close but since her dad and I divorced last year she's angry all the time and I don't know if she's mad at me specifically or just mad at everything, and I'm scared to ask because I'm not sure I can handle the answer. We're living in this house together like polite strangers who share a last name.

Mira
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