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When parents have different approaches to a child's mental health

Our teenage son has been struggling with depression and anxiety for the past year, and my husband and I keep approaching it differently — I want to talk everything through and he wants to give him space — and our kid is getting caught in the middle of our different styles of loving him.

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Two people's distinct ways of expressing care are creating confusion rather than support for the person they both want to help.

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