My sixteen year old son towers over me now and when he gets angry I feel afraid and I hate that I flinch when my own child raises his voice.
More people experience this than they realize.
The shift from protecting a small child to managing a larger, angry adolescent without a partner creates a primal fear that challenges the parent-child dynamic.
“Where Are You with Single parenting — the full experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.