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How Not to Communicate with a Teenager: 2 Common Mistakes Parents Make
24.12.2024 14:18
Raising a teenager is not an easy task for parents.
Sometimes it becomes difficult for moms and dads to even just communicate with their teenage children.
The fact is that during the “transitional stage” the child undergoes serious changes from the point of view of both physiology and psychology.
Many teenagers like to demonstrate disagreement with their parents and teachers: just to prove themselves, to demonstrate the characteristics of their developing personality.
There are two behavioral strategies that simply do not “work” when communicating with children of transitional age.
Dear parents! Don't even try to communicate with your grown-up child using the approaches described below, otherwise you will achieve the opposite result.
Trying to force something to be done
Don't force your teenager to clean his room, do his homework, go to the store for bread, etc.
The more pressure you put on your child, the less likely it is that your son or daughter will agree.
Just leave the teenager alone. Or use polite requests: no need to criticize, shout or threaten.
Trying to convince of something
Don't force your opinion on a teenager. Even if you are absolutely sure that you are right.
A child of transitional age wants to come to his own conclusions.
If you put too much pressure on a teenager, he will become a supporter of the opposite opinion “out of spite.”
