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3 Things All Teens Crave From Their Parents
The keys to building the relationship you’ve always wanted to have with your teenager
“You just don't understand me.” “You don’t get it.” “I hate you!” These are the cliche lines we think about when considering teenage relationships with their parents.
It’s a time of life that looks different for everyone who goes through it — but adolescence seems to always be shrouded in
It’s the awful middle ground between childhood and adulthood that looks different for everyone who goes through it. The teenage years are a confusing and wild time for everybody. Many parents and teen pairs have found that no one really knows what they’re doing.
“Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.” — Louise J. Kaplan
While every teen and parent/child dynamic is different and there’s no one size fits all parenting advice, I think there tend to be some pretty consistent things that teens want from their parents.
