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Why a child's pain can feel like evidence of parental failure

My teenage son told me he's been cutting himself and I feel like I've failed him as a mother even though I know that's not rational.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Love makes us feel responsible for suffering we cannot control or fully understand.

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