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When you sabotage your relationship to make separation easier

My daughter is graduating in two months and I keep picking fights with her because I think it will make it easier when she leaves for college.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent unconsciously creates distance from their child as a protective mechanism against the pain of impending separation and independence.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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