What is this hang-up of parents about handling teens?
Why should they always be at war? Why should there be divisiveness?
It's something I don't get, why parents and teens should always take a swing at each other.
I think so far, at the homefront, me and my teen are getting along fine. The war between parents and teens can be skipped, my opinion.
I can't really say it's about starting the relationship right from the very beginning. My teen has suffered the brunt of all my angry years when he was small. If there's any child who has the perfectly reasonable excuse to harbor some long-time anger at a parent, it's him.
But I have paid my dues, and I have assured him of my apologies and I have made up from all my wrong-doings.
So far, now, we are okay. Of course, there are times that I do my usual sermon, but nothing that bad that usually burdens the toxic teen-parent relationship.
How do I do it?
By just letting him be. And by clarifying I don't do it bec…
Why should they always be at war? Why should there be divisiveness?
It's something I don't get, why parents and teens should always take a swing at each other.
I think so far, at the homefront, me and my teen are getting along fine. The war between parents and teens can be skipped, my opinion.
I can't really say it's about starting the relationship right from the very beginning. My teen has suffered the brunt of all my angry years when he was small. If there's any child who has the perfectly reasonable excuse to harbor some long-time anger at a parent, it's him.
But I have paid my dues, and I have assured him of my apologies and I have made up from all my wrong-doings.
So far, now, we are okay. Of course, there are times that I do my usual sermon, but nothing that bad that usually burdens the toxic teen-parent relationship.
How do I do it?
By just letting him be. And by clarifying I don't do it bec…