Formanyparentsraisingateenagerislikefightingalongwarbutyearsgobywithoutanyclearwinner.Likeaborderconflict（冲突）betweenneighboringcountriestheparent-teenwarisaboutboundaries:Whereisthelinebetweenwh

　　Formanyparentsraisingateenagerislikefightingalongwarbutyearsgobywithoutanyclearwinner.Likeaborderconflict（冲突）betweenneighboringcountriestheparent-teenwarisaboutboundaries:WhereisthelinebetweenwhatIcontrolandwhatyoudo?

　　Bothsideswantpeacebutneitherfeelsithasanypowertostoptheconflict.Inpartthisisbecauseneitheriswillingtoadmitanyresponsibilityforstartingit.Fromtheparents’pointofviewtheonlycauseoftheirfightistheiradolescents’completeunreasonableness.Andofcoursetheteensseeitinexactlythesamewayexceptoppositely.Bothfeeltrapped.

　　InthisarticleI’lldescribethreeno-winsituationsthatcommonlyarisebetweenteensandparentsandthensuggestsomewaysoutofthetrap.Thefirstno-winsituationisquarrelsoverunimportantthings.Examplesincludethecoloroftheteen’shairthecleanlinessofthebedroomthepreferredstyleofclothingthechild’sfailuretoeatagoodbreakfastbeforeschoolorhistendencytosleepuntilnoonontheweekends.Secondblamingthegoalofablamingbattleistomaketheotheradmitthathisbadattitudeisthereasonwhyeverythinggoeswrong.ThirdneedingtoberightItdoesn’tmatterwhatthetopicis—politicsthelawsofphysicsortheproperwaytobreakanegg–thepointoftheseargumentsistoprovethatyouarerightandtheotherpersoniswrongforbothwishtobeconsideredanauthority—someonewhoactuallyknowssomething—andthereforetocommandrespect.Unfortunatelyaslongasparentsandteenscontinuetoassumethattheyknowmorethantheotherthey’llcontinuetofightthesebattlesforeverandnevermakeanyrealprogress.

　　【小题1】Whydoestheauthorcomparetheparent—teenwartoaborderconflict?

　　A．Bothcancontinueforgenerations.B．Bothareaboutwheretodrawtheline.C．Neitherhasanyclearwinner.D．Neithercanbeputtoanend.【小题2】WhatdoestheunderlinedpartinParagraph2mean?A．Theteensblametheirparentsforstartingtheconflict.B．Theteensagreewiththeirparentsonthecauseoftheconflict.C．Theteensaccusetheirparentsofmisleadingthem.D．