My teenage daughter and I used to love swimming together but since she started high school she says family pool time is 'cringe' and now when we're in the water together there's this awkward distance where we both want to connect but don't know how to do it in a way that feels right for who she's becoming.
More people experience this than they realize.
Cherished rituals must transform when children's development makes the original form feel infantilizing to them.
“Where Are You with Water — drinking swimming immersion as practice?”
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