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When your teenager says they feel responsible for your marriage problems

My partner and I have been married for fifteen years and our teenage daughter just told us she's been feeling like she has to take care of our emotions during our fights. We thought we were keeping our marriage problems away from her but apparently we weren't, and now we don't know how to repair what we've done or change the pattern.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parents are realizing their attempts to protect their child have failed, and the family dynamic needs fundamental repair.

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