How To Establish Boundaries With Your Family

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Meet them halfway

“If I come from a culture where typically my parent chooses my partner and here I’ve chosen my own partner, that’s going to be a completely different conversation,” says Dr. Jackson. She reminds us to come to the conversation from a place of empathy, and realize we’ve already asked a lot of the parents in this situation. “We see that, culturally, I’ve already changed the boundary. [So we must] figure out where the middle ground is.”

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