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.
More people experience this than they realize.
Sometimes love expresses itself through distance, and the one being loved can't tell the difference between rejection and growth.
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