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When parent-teen relationships become cautious rather than connected

My teenage daughter and I used to be really close but since she started high school we've been walking on eggshells around each other, and I think we're both afraid of saying the wrong thing and making it worse.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of damaging intimacy can create the very distance we're trying to avoid.

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