| Parents may experience generation gap as well as | | | | long enough to get tired and not want to go out with |
| communication gap. There is nothing wrong with you | | | | you. Besides, it's not cool for them to be seen with you. |
| nor your children. It is a time where parents and teens | | | | It does hurt alright, but it does not mean they don't love |
| are tested. As their hormones come in and yours are | | | | you anymore. During this period they connect better |
| leaving, both are tested with the changes in body and | | | | with their peers. |
| mind. | | | | Many people talked about the common issue of how |
| Seek to understand than be understood | | | | to get their children to stop playing computer. The |
| Before we get into how to get your teenagers to | | | | Maple Story and World of Warcraft and the like have |
| listen to you, parents might want to know how to | | | | been the most common addiction that had many |
| connect with your teenagers. First understand what | | | | children stuck with playing these digital games. Most of |
| they are going through. Pre-teens are in transition to | | | | them are bored and they make friends through these |
| young adults in search of their identities and finding | | | | games. |
| themselves. Their interests and thinking change as well. | | | | They are connecting to their friends through different |
| Parents who are aware will begin to find their children | | | | channels. When their friends show up in your house, |
| talking more to their classmates through MSN | | | | welcome them with open arms. This is an opportunity |
| Microsoft Network, MySpace, Facebook, spending time | | | | for you to know them better. The worst thing to do is |
| to text message through the handphone and the like. | | | | to not welcome your children's friends. They can |
| Learn how to use these social network to connect | | | | sense it and soon you will find your children going out |
| with them. | | | | more often instead of being at home. |
| Those gadgets you bought them keep them occupied | | | | |