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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ranjana Srivastava

What’s the best gift I can give my daughter at 16? The same gift my mother gave me

A girl lighting candle's on her 16th birthday cake
‘On the surface, there are no similarities between my daughter and 16-year-old me,’ writes Dr Ranjana Srivastava. Photograph: Sol de Zuasnabar Brebbia/Getty Images

“Hold your mum’s hand and call an ambulance.”

“Should I give her extra morphine?”

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