- 20 Questions is not for Kids: To
build better communications with your teenager, try avoiding bombarding them with questions as soon as they get home. Instead, let them come home and unwind. Instead of a battery of questions, tell them about your day and see if they don't offer snippets about their own day.
- Arguing Can Be Beneficial: Teens
arguing with their parents does have its benefits. Teens argue with their parents usually to try to persuade them to let them do something, go somewhere, be with certain people. The teens who argue are the ones who really don't want to disobey or lie, so they try to persuade or "argue" their point. Unfortunately, they will usually go ahead and do it anyway - but at least you know they have a conscience. Arguing is dialogue with your child, and if you listen to their argument, you can get an idea as to what they are up to.
- Teens Lie. Surprised??? Yes,
they do but in alot of cases they lie to their parents because they don't want to disappoint them.
- "Bits 'n Pieces" are better than a
whole bite. Don't overwhelm your kids with info.
- Anywhere is perfect. It doesn't
matter where you talk to your kids as long as you are talking.
- "I remember..." Use your own
personal experiences and share how it felt when you were a teenager. Times may have changed but the emotions are the same. Let your kid know you can relate.
- Use our Period Piecestm Kit or
Good Health Kit for Boys as an icebreaker.
- Add personal items and gifts to the
Period Piecestm Kit - pictures, body spray, lip gloss, words of love and encouragement - and make your daughter's first period a special occasion.
- Do the same with the Boys Kit.
Make it a present and use the opportunity to start your talk using the items in the Kit. Discuss with your boy what the "3Rs" mean to you.
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