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When children choose new traditions over family ones

My teenage daughter wants to spend Christmas with her boyfriend's family instead of ours and I feel like I am losing her to people who barely know her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Growing independence can feel like rejection to those who built their identity around being needed.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging vs. fitting in — the distinction that matters?”

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