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When divorce puts you between your ex and your teenager

My 16-year-old son has not spoken to his father in six months because of our divorce and I feel like I have to choose between supporting my kid and keeping the peace.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent becomes trapped between loyalty to their child's feelings and the complex necessity of co-parenting with someone their child rejects.

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

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