My teenager actually asked for my advice
He was stressing about something at school and instead of just venting to his friends, he came to me. We sat in the garage for like an hour talking about it. Didn't try to fix ever
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He was stressing about something at school and instead of just venting to his friends, he came to me. We sat in the garage for like an hour talking about it. Didn't try to fix ever
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