http://www.more4kids.info/1108/words-your-teen-would-like-to-hear/ More4kids is a Parenting resource dedicated to helping encourage children's intellectual and emotional growth. Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.more4kids.info/1108/words-your-teen-would-like-to-hear/#comment-188623 Josh Shipp Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:30:55 +0000 http://www.more4kids.info/?p=1108#comment-188623 Good stuff Kevin! Totally agree! Good stuff Kevin! Totally agree!

]]> http://www.more4kids.info/1108/words-your-teen-would-like-to-hear/#comment-188589 Marusha Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:27:12 +0000 http://www.more4kids.info/?p=1108#comment-188589 Parenting is all about communication. We try also to convince parents that the more they talk to their children/teens, the more they grow up to be responsible and healthy adults. Parenting is all about communication. We try also to convince parents that the more they talk to their children/teens, the more they grow up to be responsible and healthy adults.

]]> http://www.more4kids.info/1108/words-your-teen-would-like-to-hear/#comment-188560 denny hagel Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:08:27 +0000 http://www.more4kids.info/?p=1108#comment-188560 I absolutely agree that communicating is the key and all of the suggestions given are designed to promote that in a positive way. However, communication is a two way street! In addition to offering these loving, caring, and honest statements, I believe it is equally important to engage your teen in the communication process. For those who can recall life as a teen, (it gets foggier for me every day!)one of the last things you wanted to do was to "talk" to your parents! How are you? Did you have a good time? What have you been doing? These questions only require a one word answer and that is what you will get! But lets face it, we, as parents, are pretty creative and can use any given subject to engage your teen in conversation....simply by appealing to their sense of being valued. Whatever the subject, just ASK your teen what their opinion is! Invite their thoughts into conversations rather than approaching them with an interrogation style. So, I would add to the list of things to say to your teen, "What do you think?" I would like to suggest one more thing...when you do ask your teens opinion and they respond...really really LISTEN! I absolutely agree that communicating is the key and all of the suggestions given are designed to promote that in a positive way.
However, communication is a two way street!
In addition to offering these loving, caring, and honest statements, I believe it is equally important to engage your teen in the communication process.
For those who can recall life as a teen, (it gets foggier for me every day!)one of the last things you wanted to do was to "talk" to your parents! How are you? Did you have a good time? What have you been doing? These questions only require a one word answer and that is what you will get!
But lets face it, we, as parents, are pretty creative and can use any given subject to engage your teen in conversation….simply by appealing to their sense of being valued.
Whatever the subject, just ASK your teen what their opinion is! Invite their thoughts into conversations rather than approaching them with an interrogation style.
So, I would add to the list of things to say to your teen, "What do you think?"
I would like to suggest one more thing…when you do ask your teens opinion and they respond…really really LISTEN!

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