Despite the mood swings and tantrums, parents always try to maintain a healthy relationship with their teenagers. They always want to have a loving and understanding relationship with their kids so that their teens. This however is very difficult given the kind of attitude teens develop as they go through their teen years. Even then parents strive not to strain their relationship with their kids.

Dealing With The ‘I Hate My Parents’ Stage

At some point or another in their teen years, every child succumbs to his or her hormones and yells at you. The fight is most likely to end with ‘I hate you’ and a slammed door. But as parents, you need to understand the turmoil your teen is going through. Their peers are pressing against them from all sides while they have always been told by their family to be themselves. Develop an understanding relation with them so they know you’re always there to support them in their decisions and the rest is up to them.

Here are some ways to develop and maintain a harmonious relationship with your teen:

Own Up To It

If you think that something you have done or said has damaged your relationship with your teen, apologize for it. It is not going to make you less of a parent but it is going to help the kids understand that you, like them are human and can potentially make mistakes. You should also try to amend them. This is going to help your teens trust you and confide in you when they are in a problem.

Talk To Them About Future

Once you are done with the apologies focus on mending your relationship with your teen. Let the past go and plan the future. Even if they have made a mistake in the past, but are showing improvement now, parents should not question the intentions of their teens.

Seek Professional Help

Sometimes things get out of hand and parents don’t know how to handle the situation and build a healthy and harmonies relationship with their teen. Instead of avoiding the issue, parents can seek the help of a therapist or a councilor or a therapist. An expert will not only tell you where the problem lies but will also help you find a solution to it while you mend your relationship with your teen.

The things mentioned above are not hard and fast rules. Every relationship is unique in it and requires different kind of conditioning. The best approach is to empathize with your kids and look at the situation from a different angle.