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The Cost of Trying to Prevent Your Kid’s Discomfort when Parenting Teens and Navigating the Empty Nest | Ep. 297
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What happens inside you when your big kid is struggling and you can’t immediately make it better? In this episode, I’m exploring why watching our teens and adult kids feel disappointed, lonely, overwhelmed, or uncomfortable can create so much anxiety for us as moms. Our instinct is often to step in, offer advice, or try to smooth the path. But sometimes that urge to help can leave us more anxious while unintentionally sending our kids the message that they can’t handle hard things on their own. I’ll help you see why your kid’s discomfort can feel so urgent to you, what it costs when you make it your job to take that discomfort away, and how to stay supportive without carrying the…