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How to hold back when your child is suffering and asks you not to intervene

My son is getting bullied at school and wants to handle it himself but every fiber of my being wants to march in there and fix it for him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between protecting a child and respecting their autonomy tests the deepest parental instincts.

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