OMG! Your Teen Actually Talks to You?
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Teens often have a hard time talking to their parents or connecting to them. A lot of times they feel that they can't talk to them because they already know their response. This article describes how you should go about talking to your teen and the best way to get them to open up.
This article relates to me because as a teen I also have a hard time connecting with my parents. According to Vicki Hoeffle "If your teen thinks, 'I already know what my mom will say about this, so I'm not even going to talk to her,' you can forget about your teen opening up to you"(Hoeffle) I think that my parents make a valid effort to make me feel comfortable talking to them, but often I already know how they will relate to the situation and that makes talking to them very unappealing.
My reaction to this wasn't surprised, I honestly feel that any half way decent parent is always looking for ways to get their child to communicate with them. I think that it is always important to establish a relationship with your parent or child because being able to communicate is something that every family should be able to do. I sometimes think that teens make it hard to communicate with adults because they don't want to open to them.I think this is partially the parents fault because they forget that they were teens once too and are not always understanding.
What is the impact of using quotations?
I think that the use of quotations in this selection enhanced the overall product because you began to understand the parents point of view and also get many useful tips. Also, by using quotes the author made the article more authentic because by reading everyday parents' thoughts it was easier to believe, and also made me feel that these tips would actually help.
I genuinely enjoyed reading your post this week; I only noticed a couple of grammatical mistakes. Your information was well organized and lucid. I was able to connect well with many of your statements. However, I was pondering whether the quotes used by the actual author were genuine parental thoughts, or something thought up by the person writing your article. They seem believable, but are they genuine? Also, what tips were you referring to in your last sentence? If you were to mention tips, you should also mention at least two in your article. Not a big deal, but it'd definitely benefit your readers.
ReplyDeleteBesides those minor issues, it was a pleasure to read! Great job!