"I am a divorced 53-year-old man, and I live alone. I have a 21-year-old daughter who is a junior in college and is very happy and loves it. She has many friends and her grades are good. She struggles with ADHD and "appears" to be lazy at times. Nothing serious. She cleans when she needs to clean, she makes classes and appointments on time, she can hold a job during summer when school is out. All her professors love her."
"I listen to her tell me about her life, and I give great advice when I think she wants me to. On the other hand, her mother is very different from her in almost every way. Her mother is smart, loving and a good person, but is also very narcissistic, mean at times, irrational, judgmental, and a master at the "guilt trip." Sometimes their fights would get so bad the neighbors would call the police."
A 53-year-old divorced father lives alone and has a 21-year-old daughter who is a college junior, socially engaged, and academically successful. The daughter struggles with ADHD but manages classes, appointments, and summer work; professors are supportive. The father is carefree, attentive, and close to his daughter. The mother and daughter have had frequent, escalating arguments; the mother displays jealousy and guilt-tripping behavior and can be mean, irrational, and judgmental. The mother married a wealthy man who covers most college costs while the father pays about one-third despite living paycheck-to-paycheck. The daughter experienced severe panic attacks at her mother's house and faced pressure to stay home rather than return to school.
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