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When family healing gets complicated by well-meaning interference

My mom and I have been trying to heal our relationship after years of conflict, and we've made real progress, but my dad keeps inserting himself into our conversations in ways that feel like he's trying to manage or fix us, and neither of us knows how to address it without hurting him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A third party's need to help is disrupting the delicate work of repair between two others.

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