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Scenario

How to Help Your Teenager in What Seems Like an Unhealthy Relationship

My 17-year-old daughter is dating a boy who seems to control everything she does and when I try to talk to her about it she gets defensive and pulls away from me.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Concern for a child's wellbeing conflicts with the risk that intervention might drive them further away.

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