Do you have a good relationship with your teenage son or daughter?

What do you attribute this to? What age (13 - 20) are they?Do you have a good relationship with your teenage son or daughter?
I don't have any but my partner has 5, all but 2 of them have lived with us at some time, his eldest kept getting into trouble so his mother sent him to us on a supposed holiday, when we rang to ask her when does she want us to send him back, she said hes not welcome and has to stay here, so we had him for years, he was a very mixed up boy but has grown up quite a bit since :)Do you have a good relationship with your teenage son or daughter?
I hope it is ok that I answer.. though I'm not a parent..


I am an 18 year old girl and have a very good relationship with both my parents. I think it is because we talk about things that aren't the usual conversation: How is school? is good, but you can't talk about that all the time. I have a lot of discussions about religion and spirituality (no reference to the section intended) or philosophy with my dad. My mom is a nursing assistant so we talk about the medical aspect of her job. It is quite interesting.


Anyways, the point is, I ask about them too.. I don't only talk about myself all the time because they're people obviously, and they want to share their thoughts as well. A conversation needs to be 50/50 or even 60/40, but if one person is hogging the talking time, well.. that's going to end badly. Communication is 2 ways.


I guess I am lucky, I could not have 'designed' better parents if that were an option. Well, to be honest, I wish my mom wouldn't fly off the handle at me for no reason, yelling incomprehensibly.. other than that, we're good. ;)
Yes I have a great relationship with all my teenage children. The oldest will be 19 this week. The other two are 15 and 12. The middle one is the only girl. We have mutual respect. I listen to them and we talk about anything and everything. They trust me to be honest and fair. So far none of them have been a problem. You have to communicate. Listen to them when they talk. Do not dictate but keep order and control and be consistent.
yes I do. My oldest are 14 yr old twins (boys). They come to me with questions and advice and I still Enjoy chatting with them at bedtime and I am just a very involved mom so that's just how it is. We are affectionate and I make sure to hug my children every day and tell them how important they are to me and how much I love them every day. I have had a lot of ';life'; talks with them from the time they were little and I think having good communication is really an important part of it.





I have a good relationship with all of my children but you said 13-20 so I only mention my twins. My other two boys are 12 and 9 and it's the same with them.
Yes I do.....I have only one son... 13yo....My husband physically abuses me in front of him....so he grew up less confident and shy ...but now he is showing a lot of change in his behaviour....he seems bold and happy and expresses himself very well...he is very open with me....we talk about every thing....be it studies or girls or anything ...he tells me everything and i am happy about it....to be honest he is the only joy i have in my life.
My children are 20 and 18. I have a very good relationship with them. I am their parent first and foremost not their friend. I have friends of my own as they do. I don't play with them when it comes to discipline and I am always there when they need me regardless of the day or the time or what i'm doing.