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Scenario

How to Set Boundaries with an Overbearing Parent

I'm 28 and my mother still tries to give me advice about everything from what to wear to who to date and I don't know how to set boundaries without hurting her feelings.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need for individual identity conflicts with a parent's deep investment in their child's choices.

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