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Whether to interfere when your adult child makes bad relationship choices

My 18-year-old daughter is dating someone I think is wrong for her and I can see she's going to get hurt, but I don't know if warning her will push her away or save her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A parent must choose between protecting their child from predictable pain and respecting their autonomy to make their own mistakes.

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