A short episode about teenagers

[Silva123]

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Hi everybody,
thank you so much for your feedback!
Now I’m going to read a short episode about teenage rebellion I found in the Internet.
In fact I’ve got a sixteen-year-old son so that it fits into my life…
Yours Silva123

Teenagers are at the age where the world no longer seems large, in fact some people who were once large are now quite small. Teenagers then no longer respond to threats the way they may have as small children. So oftentimes the problem parents are having are due mostly to their slowness in responding to the changed circumstances, not realising that the mechanisms used in the past no longer work. Teenagers change fast while parents tend to be a bit slower and because of that fact conflict can occur simply because the parents don't realise that they are talking to a young adult, not to a large child. So be ready for change when your children are approaching their teens, don't wait until they get there.

[Alan]

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Hi Silva,

Thank you very much for your message and congratulations on your good spoken and written English. Your comments are very interesting on teenagers. I think it is an age and time of rebellion and it's difficult very often to get it right as a parent. I remember well. going back some 25 years, when my sons were that age. The great thing is that in the end it all works out very well, which is just as well because you only have one chance to get it right!

Alan
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