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When your teenager becomes physically intimidating

My 15-year-old son is bigger than me now and yesterday when I tried to take his phone he grabbed my wrist and I saw something in his eyes that scared me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A parent faces the terrifying moment when their child's physical power shifts the dynamic from protection to potential threat.

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

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