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When parent-teen relationships feel broken and both sides are hurt

My teenage daughter and I used to be close but now every interaction feels like I'm doing something wrong and she's angry at me for things I don't even understand. I want to repair this but I also need her to meet me halfway and I don't know how to ask for that without sounding like I'm blaming her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

They're both grieving the easy closeness they used to share while struggling to figure out how to love each other across this new distance.

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