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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found this article heartbreaking and have never forgotten it:

https://medium.com/@thekatieallison/parenting-an-addicted-teen-what-i-wish-id-known-4f600e3be213[/quote]

Especially the second part: https://medium.com/@katieallisonmail/parenting-an-addicted-teen-if-i-could-turn-back-time-part-2-a851b4ab0ad4 The shift in friend group was a turning point for us that we didn't take seriously enough.

Sometimes kids who are struggling with academics or social development or maturity realize that they are behind their peers and can't keep up, so they withdraw or shift to a peer group that doesn't perform as well. A little gap becomes a bigger and bigger gap, and sometimes parent try to ride it out and hope their kid matures and catches up. And that does sometimes happen. But sometimes it doesn't, the gap gets even bigger and the kid more and more ashamed and befuddled and overwhelmed, and withdraws even more. The shift in friend group can be a tipoff that this is starting.[/quote]

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