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When teenagers reject their family's spiritual foundation

My teenage daughter has started questioning everything we raised her with spiritually and she's angry about what she calls our 'forcing religion on her' and I want to support her journey but I also feel like she's rejecting something precious that held our family together. We're both hurting and I don't know how to bridge this gap.

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A parent and child must navigate the necessary but painful process of spiritual individuation without losing their connection.

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