@Ch1Ch1,
Ch1Ch1 wrote:when is it ok (if ever) to check out of a very personal and important discussion with a family member or loved one. It it ever really ok to remove or distance yourself from someone you love when times get tough and if so why?
I was going to say that it is OK to check out of any discussion with anybody at all, family member, loved one, complete stranger, whoever, whenever you feel you don't want to continue the discussion. That is a person's right. However that is a rather general answer. I don't know which side of the discussions you are on, and who the other person or persons are, and whether you are an adult or a child, or what the discussions are about. All these things would affect my answer. So don't take what I wrote first as permission to walk away from a teacher or parent when they are telling you things you need to hear.