Learning to let go as a parent of a teenage son
Being the parent of a teenager is an act of vanishing by degrees.
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Being the parent of a teenager is an act of vanishing by degrees. A slow retreat, says the writer.
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Jake Halpern
For my next act of fatherhood, I plan to help my son disappear.
My oldest son, Sebastian, is about to turn 19 and – painful as it is to admit – what he really needs is a little less of me. Okay, a lot less of me.
