Your teen pulling away? Here's how to heal your relationship

I sometimes think of the teenage years as an "attachment test." As I reflect on my own 6 children when they were teenagers, I assumed that if I got the attachment part right when they were babies and toddlers, then we were set for all the years ahead. After experiencing life with a teenager who as defensively detaching, I can tell you that living with a teenager is wonderful when the attachment is deeply rooted -- but a nightmare when it is not.