Comments on: 3 Ways Parents Can Get Teens to Talk http://www.radicalparenting.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/ Parenting From The Kids Perspective Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Welcome CNN Readers | Radical Parenting http://www.radicalparenting.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-38786 Welcome CNN Readers | Radical Parenting Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:22:16 +0000 http://vanessavanpetten.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/#comment-38786 [...] bothering them. What do teens talk about? What worries them and why are they not telling parents?3 Ways Parents Can Get Teens to Talk Now, that we know what teens worry about, here are a few new tactics to get teens to open up.Lying [...]

[...] bothering them. What do teens talk about? What worries them and why are they not telling parents?3 Ways Parents Can Get Teens to Talk Now, that we know what teens worry about, here are a few new tactics to get teens to open up.Lying [...]

]]> By: riley http://www.radicalparenting.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-38778 riley Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:11:26 +0000 http://vanessavanpetten.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/#comment-38778 this could be helpful to other people.. but for me it didn't really help me out, i didn't get any closer to my 17 year old son, he just yelled at me that it wasn't buisness and went to his room with a frown.. he's just so stubborn and i don't think i could deal with him anymore. but what you posted was acually good advice. this could be helpful to other people.. but for me it didn’t really help me out, i didn’t get any closer to my 17 year old son, he just yelled at me that it wasn’t buisness and went to his room with a frown.. he’s just so stubborn and i don’t think i could deal with him anymore. but what you posted was acually good advice.

]]> By: Brandon Architect http://www.radicalparenting.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-27268 Brandon Architect Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:24:45 +0000 http://vanessavanpetten.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/#comment-27268 The major problem with this post is that it encourages parents to employ 'tactics' when talking to their own children. Sure, tactics are appropriate when in a job interview, a debate, or a when filing a complaint, but not a casual conversation with your child. Also, the example conversation is a parody of the average teen. In my opinion, the best approach to talking to a teen is treating them like people. Teens hate being treated like teens instead of normal people. If a parent talks to their child with difficulty, the answer to this problem will not be found on a website. Everyone should treat each and every relationship uniquely, because each relationship has different issues and there is no 'catch-all' answer to repairing ANY relationship. The folly of parents who search for such answers is that they look for an easy solution to the problems plaguing their child-parent relationship. The simple fact is there is no easy solution. Parents who do not work to repair the relationship with their child as if they were trying to repair a relationship with a co-worker or spouse will see their teen grow to an adult which still has relationship issues with his or her parents. The answer is in the relationship itself, not in the parent, and certainly not in the teen. The major problem with this post is that it encourages parents to employ ‘tactics’ when talking to their own children. Sure, tactics are appropriate when in a job interview, a debate, or a when filing a complaint, but not a casual conversation with your child. Also, the example conversation is a parody of the average teen. In my opinion, the best approach to talking to a teen is treating them like people. Teens hate being treated like teens instead of normal people. If a parent talks to their child with difficulty, the answer to this problem will not be found on a website. Everyone should treat each and every relationship uniquely, because each relationship has different issues and there is no ‘catch-all’ answer to repairing ANY relationship. The folly of parents who search for such answers is that they look for an easy solution to the problems plaguing their child-parent relationship. The simple fact is there is no easy solution. Parents who do not work to repair the relationship with their child as if they were trying to repair a relationship with a co-worker or spouse will see their teen grow to an adult which still has relationship issues with his or her parents. The answer is in the relationship itself, not in the parent, and certainly not in the teen.

]]> By: educational games for kids http://www.radicalparenting.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-39904 educational games for kids Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:02:00 +0000 http://vanessavanpetten.com/2007/12/05/3-ways-parents-can-get-teens-to-talk/#comment-39904 The New Parent-Teen Conversation is great. i believe it will work. if only my parents could make that kind of conversation when i was younger.. The New Parent-Teen Conversation is great. i believe it will work. if only my parents could make that kind of conversation when i was younger..

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