Whydoparentshavesuchadifficulttimetocommunicateopenlyandhonestlywiththeirteens?Forthistherearemanyreasonsbutmostofthemresultfromnotbeingabletoproperlyunderstandtheirteens.Itisadangerousgapbecausep
Whydoparentshavesuchadifficulttimetocommunicateopenlyandhonestlywiththeirteens?Forthistherearemanyreasonsbutmostofthemresultfromnotbeingabletoproperlyunderstandtheirteens.Itisadangerousgapbecauseparentswillhavetocommunicatewiththeirteensaboutawidevarietyofissuesduringthemostimportantyearsoftheirlives.Thusparentsmustknowhowtocommunicateopenlyandhonestlywiththeirteens.
Hereareafewtipstomakecommunicationeasierbetweenparentsandteenagers.
1.Trynottotalkdowntoyourteens.Makethemfeelasiftheirviewsreallymatterwhichnot
onlyhelpsyourdiscussionswithyourteenbutbringyouclosertohim.
2.Imaginewhatitwouldbeliketobeateen.Trytoremembersomeofthenegativefeelings
youexperiencedasateenagerandapplyittoyourteen'ssituation.
3.Nevermakenegativeremarkstoyourteenaboutwhatshehassaidordone.
4.Rememberhowmuchcourageitwouldhavetakenforyourteentocomeandtalktoyou
abouthispersonalissues.Solistenrespectfully.
5.Don'tignoreyourteen'sfeelingsbecauseitisusuallyacryforhelp.Forinstanceifyour
teenisunusuallyangryitmaybetimetospendabitofqualitytimewithyourteentodeterminewhatiswrongandwhereitiscomingfrom.
Itisthereforenecessaryforparentstostrivetokeeplinesofcommunicationopenatalltimeswiththeirteens.Trytorememberwhatitwasliketobeateenagerandhowvulnerable(脆弱的)youfelt.Thenyouwillbewellonyourwaytohelpyourteencommunicatemoreopenlyandhonestly.
67.Whydon'tteenswanttotalkabouttheirpersonalissueswiththeirparents?
A.Becausetheycan'trespecttheirparents.
B.Becausetheycan'tunderstandtheirparents.
C.Becausetheirparentswon'tunderstandthemwell.
D.Becausetheirparentsarenothonest.
68.WhenyoursoncomestoyouforhelpyoushouldNOT_____.
A.listenrespectfully B.treathimseriously
C.careabouthisfeeling D.makenegativeremarks
69.Whichofthefollowinghasthesimilarmeaningtotheunderlinedphrase“talkdownto”?
A.putdown B.lookdow