My teenage daughter and I used to have this easy, joking relationship but now every conversation feels like I'm either lecturing her or she's humoring me, and I'm worried we've lost the ability to just enjoy each other's company without some parenting agenda.
More people experience this than they realize.
A parent and child have fallen into purely functional roles that exclude the joy and spontaneity that once bonded them.
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