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The Wrong Crowd?

If your teen starts acting out, their behavior could be an attempt to connect with what they see as their adoptive past.

by Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D.

TAGS: Birth Mothers, Friends & Family, Teens

• Ages & Stages
• Parenting
• Peers & Friendships
• Teens

October 17, 2017

An adolescent’s peers may tell you something about their inner life.

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