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Can’t Understand Your Teen? You’re Not Alone.

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Can’t Understand Your Teen? You’re Not Alone.
A study by the University of Virginia has found a 26.7 increase in suspected suicide attempts by self-poisoning in children from 2015 to 2020. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock
Jennifer Margulis
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“Mo-om,” my child cocks her head to one side to look at me. “Why are you being so emo?”

The words string together so quickly they’re hard to follow: “Whyyabeingsoemo?” To be honest, I have no idea what my daughter’s accusing me of.

Jennifer Margulis
Jennifer Margulis
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Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
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