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Being a teenage girl comes with enough challenges.
You certainly dont need your parents questioning your every move, especially when it comes to personal hygiene matters.
Shocked, her father quickly changed his mind and escorted her to the loo and back without a word.
She turned to Reddit to tell her story.
She whispered to her dad that she needed to use the bathroom, which infuriated him.
Not allowing her to even stand up, he told her she could wait until it was over.
Panicking, OP implored him to let her go, but this only made matters worse.
We went looking for answers.
Closely linked with hormonally driven changes is a psychological phenomenon that child development specialists have termed separation and individuation.
Simply put, when kids enter their teens, they typically start pulling away from their parents.
Simultaneously, they begin to identify and connect more strongly with their friends.
Says clinical psychologist Jerry Bubrick, As parents, our roles change over time.
Hopefully this incident was a wake-up call for him.
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