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Scenario

How to balance support and independence with an anxious teen

My 16-year-old daughter with anxiety disorders spends most days in her room and I bring her meals up there and my husband says I am enabling her but I remember what it felt like when the world was too much.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The recognition of your child's pain through your own experience creates tension between protective accommodation and necessary growth challenges.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parenting a child with disability or neurodivergence?”

Peri

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