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Teens and parents usually develop a gap that cannot be avoided easily. Parents want to protect them while teens want to explore their world. This may cause communication breakdown, lack of understanding to one another, and worse, failed parental relationship. And when you get alarmed in this thought, bear in ming that there are many ways to avoid it.

For parents:  Remember that you once had the tendency to get rebellious and might even be a real one when you were teenagers.  That you wanted privacy and to know more about life. The point is, as a parent and even as being teenagers once, you should be able to empathize with them. Understand their needs.

And be cool. Don’t approach them in an authoritative manner. Be friendly to them while you remind them about their limitations.

For teenagers: If you were in their position, you’d probably do the same thing too.  You want to protect your kids and sometimes, you do some means to do that, which can be off to them. But you have a point right? And this is what yur parents usually feel when they try to do some lectures to you.