Tips for Talking to Your Parents About Relationships with Your Friends
W. Diane Van Zwol
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"Mom!" Crystal started to say, but she was immediately interrupted by her mother. "Talk to me!"
"Go tidy up your room! Right now!" her mother yelled angrily. "Get going! I want to see all of the dishes done and put away, by the time I come home from work. No lip from you, young lady!" Crystal's 
mother slammed the screen door, as she headed off to work. "Smarten up! And pick up your clothes too! I mean it!"
"I want so much to tell my Mom about my new friends," Crystal said sadly, a little while later. Suddenly, she burst into tears.
"I just cannot talk to her. My friend Tricia, talks to her Mom, all the time and tells her everything. They always have so much fun together! What is wrong with me? Why is my Mom always mad at me? When I try to tell her anything, she gives me some more housework to do. I am not her maid! My Dad is even worse than that. He starts yelling and throws my things at me too, every time I try to talk to him. What am I doing wrong? I am too embarrassed to bring any of my school friends home. All I want to do is to show my parents, how much I enjoy my friends!"
Trying to talk to parents about relationships with friends is not always easy. Whoever said that talking to parents was going to be easy? But, remember that your parents were tweens and teens once too, believe it or not!
* If you are a tween or a teen, here are some tips especially for you, on how you can talk to your parents about relationships with your friends.
1. Find a quiet time of the day or evening, when you and your parents can have a couple of moments together. Sometimes it is easier to talk to just one parent at a time. Building a strong, positive, one-to-one relationship, can be much easier than attempting to build multiple relationships, at the same time. Turn off any loud, noisy music and the television set first, so that you can hear each other speaking. Speak to your parent or parents, pleasantly and quietly. Smiling will help too!
"Go tidy up your room! Right now!" her mother yelled angrily. "Get going! I want to see all of the dishes done and put away, by the time I come home from work. No lip from you, young lady!" Crystal's
"I want so much to tell my Mom about my new friends," Crystal said sadly, a little while later. Suddenly, she burst into tears.
"I just cannot talk to her. My friend Tricia, talks to her Mom, all the time and tells her everything. They always have so much fun together! What is wrong with me? Why is my Mom always mad at me? When I try to tell her anything, she gives me some more housework to do. I am not her maid! My Dad is even worse than that. He starts yelling and throws my things at me too, every time I try to talk to him. What am I doing wrong? I am too embarrassed to bring any of my school friends home. All I want to do is to show my parents, how much I enjoy my friends!"
Trying to talk to parents about relationships with friends is not always easy. Whoever said that talking to parents was going to be easy? But, remember that your parents were tweens and teens once too, believe it or not!
* If you are a tween or a teen, here are some tips especially for you, on how you can talk to your parents about relationships with your friends.
1. Find a quiet time of the day or evening, when you and your parents can have a couple of moments together. Sometimes it is easier to talk to just one parent at a time. Building a strong, positive, one-to-one relationship, can be much easier than attempting to build multiple relationships, at the same time. Turn off any loud, noisy music and the television set first, so that you can hear each other speaking. Speak to your parent or parents, pleasantly and quietly. Smiling will help too!