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I tried my best (opens the original)
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Posted on September 28, 2026When your child is complaining about something you did, perhaps you were late to pick her up (there was horrible traffic), something you said embarrassed her (you just wanted to stick up for her), or you made her take music lessons ten years ago (you thought she’d be grateful), and you want so badly to respond, “I tried my best!” I invite you to pause instead.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1o2!,
Talking with my adult daughter about her school refusal as a teen (opens the original)
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When my teen daughter refused to go to school, I was shocked and terrified. Most mornings, she refused to get out of bed. On the rare days when she agreed to get in the car, I’d drive her to school, drop her off right out front, watch her go inside the door, and I’d still hear from the school that she never showed up for class.My husband and I yelled at her, we threatened her with all kinds of consequences. We grounded her, we took her phone away. We told her what would happen if she didn’t grad
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