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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?
My son questions everything I say, as if nothing I say is valid. What can we do?
Marta Pardo Gallego
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Clinical Head of the alternative to hospitalization program.
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
It's important to understand that children need to develop their own opinions, to differentiate themselves from their parents', and this can lead them to question their parents. Here are some tips for when this happens:
- Validate this need and do not try to impose the agreement.
- Show curiosity about their arguments and beliefs that are different from our own.
- Take advantage of opportunities when he or she makes comments to acknowledge and validate them. It's a way for them to learn this behavior—modeling!
Mother and teenage daughter
I think we need to try to understand why she has that attitude and at the same time, set some limits for her (Mother of teenager).
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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