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When parent-teen relationships shift dramatically

My teenage daughter and I used to be close but this year she's pulled away completely and when I try to reconnect she acts like I'm suffocating her, and I don't know if this is normal growing up or if I've done something wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes love expresses itself through distance, and the one being loved can't tell the difference between rejection and growth.

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