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Carolyn Hax: A child wants to pursue a hobby but doesn’t want to upset parents

 
Carolyn Hax
 
 

A child wants to pursue a hobby but doesn't want to upset parents

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Hi, Carolyn: I'm a teenager living with parents who I would hesitate to describe as abusive, but they are difficult, often angry, and they can be really mean.

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I swear I try not to be a brat. I am going to the college they told me to. I am majoring in the major they told me to. I am going into the career they told me to. A lot of my life is spent trying not to upset them and trying not to show that I am upset. They don't like me expressing negative emotions.

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