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When parents disagree on how to handle a child's spiritual rebellion

My teenage daughter is exploring beliefs that are completely different from how we raised her and my husband wants to put his foot down while I think we should give her space to question, but we can't agree on how to handle this and she's caught in the middle of our different approaches. We're confusing our fear with our faith.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The difficulty of distinguishing between protective love and controlling fear when someone you cherish is choosing their own path.

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