My teenage daughter reads my journal when I am not home and confronts me about what I write about her but I cannot bring myself to hide it because writing is how I process being her mother.
More people experience this than they realize.
The boundary between a parent's inner life and their child's need to be seen creates an impossible intimacy.
“Where Are You with The letters and journals you leave?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.