Wanting My Daughter to Conform Took a Toll on Our Relationship

When you have a child, intellectually you know that you can’t predict the path they’ll choose or what it will take for them to get wherever they’re going. But if your teen takes a common path it’s easy to feel like they are making progress toward the goal of making their way in the world. 

My daughter took the road less traveled. When that happens, there’s no play book and there are no other moms to talk to as you wade through the uncertainty of this alternate path. It’s harder to know how th...