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When Your Child's Rebellion Mirrors Your Own Shadow

My teenage daughter treats me like I'm the enemy and I see myself in her rebellion but I also want to protect her from making my mistakes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parent-child dynamics activate projection of personal shadow material onto the next generation.

Ideas that help explain it
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