Tips to help teenagers understand parents.

Tips to help teenagers understand parents.

1. Don't be afraid to speak their language. Try using strange sounding phrases lie, "I'll help you with the dishes" and "Yes."
2. Try to understand their music. Play Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade" on the stereo until you are accustomed to the sound.
3. Be patient with the underachiever. When you catch your dieting Mom sneaking salted peanuts, don't show your disapproval. Tell her you like fat Moms.
4. Encourage your parents to talk about their problems. Try to keep in mind that, to them, things like earning a living and paying off the mortgage seem important.
5. Be tolerant of their appearance. When Dad gets a haircut, don't feel personally humiliated. Remember, it's important to him to look like his peers.
6. Most important of all: If they do something you consider wrong, let them know it's their behavior you dislike, not themselves.

Quotation from "1500 Illustrations for Biblical Preaching", edited by Michael P. Green, Baker Book House, page 257.