My daughter is 28 and we used to talk all the time but since she started therapy she's pulled back and says she needs 'boundaries' and my husband thinks I should respect that but I feel like I'm losing her and we don't know how to handle this together. We raised her to be close to us and now it feels like that closeness is being framed as unhealthy and we're both confused about what we did wrong.
More people experience this than they realize.
The shifting dynamics of family intimacy as adult children individuate can leave parents feeling rejected while navigating competing interpretations of healthy connection.
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