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My parents don't understand me. What should I do?

Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Mar 2, 2016
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Communicate with them, your parents care for you and want to understand you. They want what's best for you and sometimes, parents trip up too. Parents are human beings and sometimes, you have to communicate how you feel with them.
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Profile: pjjensen23
pjjensen23 on Mar 4, 2016
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Have an actual sit down with them, and talk. Not just a "hey dad, bye dad" kind of thing. Tell them how you feel, and tell them your view or angles of the situation.
Profile: glowingPassion10
glowingPassion10 on Mar 4, 2016
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Tell them in more words but easier words in a way even though they are adults doesn't mean that they remember more experienced words
Profile: MarilynMansonGirl45
MarilynMansonGirl45 on Mar 5, 2016
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You should try and talk to them, see if something is wrong.Maybe you are upset about other things. You may feel anxious. Best of luck!
Profile: Llanah
Llanah on Mar 6, 2016
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Sometimes my mother doesn't take the time to pay attention to me, and she lacks understanding more often than most times. However, sometimes we take long car rides or go out and walk around somewhere for a few hours, and we talk one on one about things we feel passionate about. We talk about the outside world and eventually it develops into the deeper, innermost part of ourselves. This happened last night when we were on a road trip, just the two of us, for about 6 hours there and back. I know this may not work for everyone, but sometimes it's nice to get away from the outside world and indulge yourself in others.
Profile: Hope114
Hope114 on Mar 6, 2016
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explain my self in another way.. one good start is to know why the don't understand me and when do they understand me.
Profile: MountainStream2001
MountainStream2001 on Mar 9, 2016
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I understand it can be difficult to get adults to remember what it was to be young and the experiences and challenges faced when we are young.
Profile: Dihanie99
Dihanie99 on Mar 9, 2016
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Talk to them. Its something i've had to learn over time. Its the only way. You need to earn their trust and be able to understand them from their perspective as well. Thats step 1. Listen in step 2. Listen to them. Step 3 is the important one. Talk. open your mouth and talk. Whatever the outcome is, just speak your feeling out in a strong but nice way . in a way they will understand and in away you convince them or convert them to adopt your thoughts and views on a subject. make them see it from your point of view. make them understand. dont hide stuff back too. let it all out. Create that open safe relationship with them. if it still doesnt work, get a friend or an aunt or relative or a teacher to help you and your parents work on understanding each other. your must work on strengthening your relationship between each other. They might be able to help. Remember you must have a good communication with your parents to make it work. Thats my opinion on it.
Profile: Freedom1776
Freedom1776 on Mar 10, 2016
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Try and sit down with them to have a completely honest conversation with them. Sitting down with them and being honest with them should help them see things from your point of view, along with you seeing where they are coming from
Profile: FriendFromNover
FriendFromNover on Mar 11, 2016
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Hi, you should know that the rules and society that your parents spent their childhood and teen years is different than yours, so maybe they thing that you need to behave like their period of time! so, just try to make them more familiar with your needs and what your friends are doing, and there is something else! give your self a little time to think, think about what you want and judge yourself, search for reasons of what you want and think about them, if they were real, and strong, then happily share your reasons with your parents, i'm sure they will underestand you, just don't expect changes occure immediately, it will take a time, but it will happen... .
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