3 Reasons Why Your Teens Hate When You Ask Question!
Ever wonder why your teen gets so upset, frustrated, or annoyed when you ask them questions? ๐ค โฃ
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Donโt worry, itโs not your fault! We as parents just need to understand why our teens act and feel they way they do. โฃ
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๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!๐โฃ
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1๏ธโฃ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. Teens feel as though we are trying to pry into their โprivateโ lives instead of us just trying to connect with them! โฃ
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2๏ธโฃ. ๐๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ. โDid you finish homework?โ โDid you do chores?โ โWhy isnโt this done?โ Sometimes it can be overwhelming to hear so many questions and instructions all at once. โฃ
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3๏ธโฃ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. Teens usually have a lot of feelings and emotions on the inside, they just donโt know how to express or articulate them in words. โฃ
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