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DAD INSISTS ON LECTURES THAT DRIVE TEENS AWAY. HAX READERS GIVE ADVICE.

Husband is so adamant about his duty to lecture their teens into adulthood that
the kids are now “avoiding him completely.”

Advice by Carolyn Hax
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Haben Kelati
June 12, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. EDT

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We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question.
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Dear Carolyn: My husband and I have two teens. They’re great kids with good
heads on their shoulders (so far!). My husband has taken to giving them
long-winded unsolicited advice, and the kids have gone from politely listening
to glazing over to now directly telling him they aren’t looking for advice to
getting mad when he persists to avoiding him completely.


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