February 23, 2007
Parenting A Teenager - Changing A Bad Relationship
Perhaps your child is about to enter the teen years, or he is already there and your relationship with your child has become strained.
Or perhaps your relationship has always been strained.
Whatever the case, you need to mend some fences so you can help your child work through this difficult age.
Often, a bad relationship starts with a simple misunderstanding, or with a particularly difficult phase of your life that takes time away from your child and makes her feel resentful.
If the relationship is not terrible, you don0t have to work too hard to get it back on track.
Before you sit down with your teenager to talk, be sure you get your thoughts in order.
Every parent of a teen can tell you that they begin a conversation thinking they have some modicum of control, and end up screaming and slamming doors and getting nowhere.
So, you need to plan your conversation. Sit down and write some notes, organize your thoughts into a logical sequence.
Think about how to begin so that you don0t set your teen off from the opening sentence.
If the discussion is going to be particularly difficult, you can practice it with someone else.
Have the person with whom you are practicing play […]
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