My teenage daughter and I used to be close but this year she's shut me out completely and every interaction feels like I'm failing some test I don't understand. My husband says to give her space but I feel like I'm losing her and I don't know if that's normal or if I should be fighting harder.
More people experience this than they realize.
Different parenting instincts are creating confusion about when closeness becomes intrusion and when space becomes abandonment.
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