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When parents disagree on how to handle a child's mental health crisis

My teenage daughter has been cutting and I found out three months ago, and my wife and I are handling it completely differently — I want to get her intensive help immediately while my wife thinks we should give therapy time to work. Every conversation about our daughter becomes a fight about our parenting approaches.

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Parental love expressed through opposing strategies can multiply rather than heal a family's pain.

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