Many parents find themselves frustrated with their teens. They tell me that they hardly ever get more than a five-word response from them and have asked for help on how to get a better relationship with them.
Many parents find themselves frustrated with their teens.
They tell me that they hardly ever get more than a five-word response from them and have asked for help on how to get a better relationship with them. I'm sure many of you can identify with these brief answers when you try to learn more about them. Having raised four teens of my own and having worked therapeutically with teens over the last 25 years, I have found most teens are very willing to share and communicate if they feel their parents are truly interested in them. However, many teens share that they don't believe their parents really care but are just trying to get information to use against them later. Thus, they don't feel they can trust their parents and in turn need to be secretive about their friends and activities.