Why is it so hard for parents to understand their kids?

There can be several reasons for misunderstandings between parents and kids. One of the barriers is the way society is continually changing. That means our world when we were growing up is not their world. Their world has different challenges than our's did. Another barrier is not spending a sufficient amount of time together so that we can get to know each other. When they are busy in their world and we are busy in our's, there is not opportunity to connect. There need to be planned times of sharing. One such time is the family dinner table. This should be guarded at all costs. Studies show how important this one aspect of family really is. Other traditions should be established as well. In our family, one of those weekly traditions is going to church.

See its not like they do not understand u.they do but till s certain extent.there will always be some generation gap.but parents will make u aware for somethingd because they had their person experience about certain things.even u cannot fully hnderstand your parent untill u yourself become a parent.and parents never do anything that is bad for u.so trust them

Because parents just want the best for you and sometimes it's hard to show concern and love in a way it don't come off as not understanding or caring.

They don’t understand what they’re going through or the children are to scared to tell their parents

I am not sure anyone has figured this one out, Between the age gap and the fact that they have been teens before you would think that they would have figured it out instead of not being there for us. Part of the reason is not the age gap but the generation gap. Most of them grew up without phones and without a lot of things (including but not limited to phones, game consoles, money, and sometimes power) and it really shows with their "when I was your age" arguments. The best way to deal with this is to step into their shoes and ask them to look through your side of the window. I hope this helped. Good luck...