Why control-based parenting can harm children

This week, we hear from a caller who is keeping a hurtful secret from her teenage children: their extended family do not particularly appreciate their company. After years of unsolicited parenting advice and critiques from these family members, this mother just wants distance, but her kids are calling into question if she made the right choice.

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