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When you discover your teen is self-harming

I found out my 16-year-old has been cutting herself and I am terrified to say the wrong thing so I have been pretending I do not know for three weeks.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent's fear of making things worse paralyzes them from addressing their child's dangerous coping mechanisms.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adolescence and the parent-teen relationship?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.