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How to stop being your parent's emotional confidant

My mother still calls me every day to complain about my father and expects me to take sides in their fights even though I moved out five years ago and live in a different state.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You remain trapped in a child's role of managing adult emotions that were never yours to carry.

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