Dear Queenie,
I’m a girl going into my teens. My father has always been very affectionate, rubbing my back, kissing and hugging me and all like that, but it’s starting to make me feel very uncomfortable when he does it.
Queenie, should I ask him to stop? I don’t want him to think I don’t love him anymore.—Worried teenager
Dear Teenager,
Tell your father you still love him, but you are not a little girl anymore and you don’t like all the physical contact, and ask him to stop or at least do a lot less of it. And if that does not solve your problem, talk about it with your mother or some other adult you trust and ask for their help.
