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How to Navigate Contact with Distant Adult Children

My adult son hasn't called me in three weeks and I keep wanting to reach out but I'm afraid I'll seem needy or controlling.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of being too much wars with the deep need for connection and reassurance of the relationship's health.

Ideas that help explain it
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