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When rejecting your parents' style leaves you feeling lost

I grew up with strict immigrant parents and swore I'd be different, but now my teenage son has no respect for me or our family and I wonder if I've been too permissive.

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Overcorrecting from one's own childhood creates new problems that feel like betrayal of both past and present.

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