My teenage daughter cuts contact with me for weeks whenever I set any boundary and I know she learned this from my mother who used to give me silent treatment but I don't know how to respond differently.
More people experience this than they realize.
A parent faces the painful recognition that their child has learned destructive relational patterns from the family system, perpetuating cycles of emotional punishment.
“Where Are You with Trauma-informed parenting?”
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