56: Encore: My Child is Turning Into a Teenager. How Do I Handle It?
Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Raising Tweens & Teens
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Dads and Boys Are Emotional
She's already a girl and he's a boy. Like they're already separate. So I think that quality of sometimes when you're the mother of a 13-year-old girl, everything you do is annoying, but your husband somehow is off the hook. And I think what's interesting with boys is it can be a time where dads and boys can start to have new things they connect around that feel neutral. Watching sports or playing sports becomes a way that they can move into a new version of the boy that feels older and cool in an uncomfortable way.
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