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When parents disagree about how to help their struggling teen

Our teenage son has been struggling with depression and anxiety for the past year, and my wife and I have completely different approaches to helping him. She thinks I'm too soft, I think she's too demanding, and our kid is caught in the middle of our confusion about what he actually needs.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When a child is suffering, parents' different instincts about protection and growth can turn them against each other instead of toward their shared love.

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