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Scenario

How to navigate changing physical play between parent and teen

My teenage son wants to roughhouse like we used to but I'm scared I'll hurt him or he'll hurt me and neither of us knows how to talk about how our bodies have changed.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Growing bodies create unspoken anxiety about the safety of familiar intimacy.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Physical play — rough-and-tumble?”

Peri

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