Why is it so hard for parents to understand their kids?
naturalSmiles77
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Mar 11, 2015
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Parents don't have the same experiences or circumstances that their kids have. Often times, what they believe is based off of their own experiences, which often leads to misunderstanding.
Anonymous
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Oct 26, 2015
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I think that kids are the ones that don't understand parents because parents grew up already they lived their life and they know what some choices you make will affect you in a way. Your parents are right most of the time just hear them out.
Iauren
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Mar 1, 2016
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It might be difficult for a parent to understand their kids because they have never encountered an experience like yours. I can relate to this, my parents never truly understood the things that went through my mind or why I had certain interests.
Anonymous
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Jun 9, 2015
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Speaking strictly from personal experience, it's difficult for parents to understand their kids because of the change of society. What the parents grew up with may just be a memory or something that their kids refer to as "old school". If parents keep up with what's going on in today's youth demographic, they will be able to better understand their children.
cristiana33
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Jul 11, 2015
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I believe the hardest moment is when parents notice how their children have their own choices and won't follow their parents path. If you, as a parent, are willing to let your kid have the freedom of choosing his own path of life, no matter how different is it from your own, you will have it easier to be your kids' friend. Parents tend to treat their kids' life like it is their 2nd chance for things they couldn't do at the right time.
DarkAlly
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May 31, 2016
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It's hard for parents to understand their kids because even when they think they are involved enough to know their kid, there are many aspects in their kids life that they don't see, or that they don't get.
Alwaysdreamin
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Apr 7, 2015
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Kids. They are hard to understand. They live with us yet they have their own ideas, thoughts, personalities, and interests. Add to this that they are constantly growing and changing right before our eyes. It is no wonder they are hard to understand. I have trouble understanding my 3 kids as well sometimes. Try to keep the lines of communication open and let them know they can talk with you about anything. Hopefully, they will come to you when they need something. Also, tell them about you. Tell them stories about you as a child. They will get to know you better and be more open to talking about themselves. Try not to force them to talk but they will eventually talk if they know that they can talk to you about anything at all. Keep up to date on child development as they are always entering new stages. These stages bring new challenges but also bring new and wonderful things to discover about your kids.
moitrois713
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Oct 4, 2016
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This goes both ways.
Parents think they understand their kids because they were kids once, too.
At the same time, if you're a teen, you're in between. In their eyes, you're too young to be thinking about certain things and they think you don't understand some stuff and should stay out of it. At the same time, they expect you to be all grown-up and mature, and responsible because "you're old enough to understand that now". Neither here, nor there. You're confused because you don't want to play hide and seek with the little kids at a party, but also, their adult conversations are too boring for you.
Teens are misunderstood because parents and other adults have such a wide range of expectations from us, and in trying to meet all of them at once, we do get frustrated. No one but a teen can really understand what that's like, even if they once were a teen.
Greatlistener87
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May 31, 2016
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Parents do the best they can on what they know. This is influenced by their past experiences and their bringing up. Try sitting down and explaining how u feel and how u would like to deal with the situation.
Szuz
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Apr 28, 2015
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It's so hard for parents to understand their kids because they've forgotten what it was like for their parents to understand them.
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