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? 🤔
Don’t worry, it’s not your fault! We as parents just need to understand why our teens act and feel they way they do.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟑 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!👇
1️⃣. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. Teens feel as though we are trying to pry into their “private” lives instead of us just trying to connect with them!
2️⃣. 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥. “Did you finish homework?” “Did you do chores?” “Why isn’t this done?” Sometimes it can be overwhelming to hear so many questions and instructions all at once.
3️⃣. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. Teens usually have a lot of feelings and emotions on the inside, they just don’t know how to express or articulate them in words.
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