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When your teenager comes home drunk and won't talk to you

My seventeen year old son came home drunk last night and when I tried to talk to him this morning he just looked at me like I was a stranger.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The protective distance adolescents create can feel like rejection when parents most need connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.