My teenage daughter and I used to be close but now she shares nothing with me and I find myself either prying or completely backing off and neither approach is working. I want to respect her growing independence but I also want her to know she can come to me with real problems and I don't know how to communicate that without being overbearing.
More people experience this than they realize.
Adolescence requires renegotiating intimacy in ways that feel like loss even when they're developmentally necessary.
“Where Are You with Vulnerability and connection?”
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