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- What should we keep in mind about connecting with our teenage sons and daughters?
- What is the key to a smooth and healthy relationship with teenage children?
- Could you give us some key tips for talking to our teenage son?
- What can I do to get my daughter to tell me things and not worry me more?
- Is it right to want to know absolutely everything about our children's lives?
- How should we have a conversation with our children without it seeming like an interrogation, or without them seeing it as such?
- My daughter explains her problems more to her friends than to me, her mother. What should I do?
- How can we connect with them when they respond with a dismissive tone and refuse to talk?
- How do we approach a conversation with them when we know they are lying to us?
- How should we act if we don't like our children's friends or their partners?
- How can we make them understand that rules and limits are necessary to maintain order, and that we do this not to annoy them but because we love them?
- How can I create trusting environments with my daughter?
- How can we set limits in adolescence if we haven't been able to do so before?
- How can we manage conflicts that arise when boundaries are crossed?
- My son questions everything I say, as if nothing I say is valid. What can we do?
- Sometimes I feel like my son hears me, but he doesn't listen. How can I connect with him so he'll pay attention to us?
- Is it normal for my daughter to stop talking to me and say she doesn't love me?
How should we have a conversation with our children without it seeming like an interrogation, or without them seeing it as such?
Marta Pardo Gallego
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Clinical Head of the alternative to hospitalization program.
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Teenagers need:
- To feel heard , with empathy, and to have their way of thinking valued, even if it differs from that of their parents.
- Preserve the connection . A conversation can be maintained in which viewpoints are shared and the opportunity is given to contribute other points of view, other behaviors, and suggestions for other ways of acting in future situations.
- Encourage critical thinking through acceptance and tolerance, not criticism. Maintaining emotional calm is important so that adolescents can develop their capacity for reflection and, consequently, their learning.
Mother and teenage daughter
We must avoid turning the conversation into one question after another. Take advantage of the moment when our child feels they want to share something with us. Listen actively without judgment, let them express themselves and give their opinion (Mother of a teenager).
Well, I suppose it's about not asking questions all the time, and that we can ask questions too. For me, it's about feeling that it's a space of trust and complicity, and from there, we open up more or less. It's also about respecting if we don't feel comfortable with the conversation (Teenage Daughter).
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Marta Pardo Gallego
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Clinical Head of the alternative to hospitalization program.
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Mother and teenage daughter