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How parents can distinguish helping from enabling addicted children

My adult son struggles with addiction and I have given him thousands of dollars over the years thinking I was helping but now I wonder if I was just funding his habit.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Love for a struggling child can make it nearly impossible to discern whether assistance promotes recovery or prolongs suffering.

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