Why do parents sometimes not understand their children?

Answer 1

Answer

This is not the type of question that can be answered with a simple statement. Questions regarding human behavior require a lot of clinical data before making a rational assessment of the particular situation. Human emotions and related behavior cannot be summarized in a few paragraphs of literature. There is no recipe for Love or any other emotional situation, where a singular perspective can be recommended as the ultimate solution. Each situation requires essential background data on all the persons involved in influencing the psychological and physiological development of the child in question. These influences may come from the community, the school, the internet, the television, the family and relatives. The ability to understand your children is an essential parenting skill that many parents do not have. There is quite a lot of literature available on the subject of parenting. You can help yourself by learning and practicing some important parenting skills. Some of the most important skills required in understanding your child are in communication, observation and patients. If you do not have an established and trusted communication link with your children, it will be much more difficult for you to try and understand them. If you have not established a relationship of trust, compassion and patients when dealing with your children then they may loose confidence and affection for you. They may turn their attention to other more influential persons around them who may encourage them to deceive you whenever the opportunity arises. If your relationship with your spouse is filled with conflict then the potential exists for your children to play one parent against the other. Children are usually very skillful in finding your weakness and then emotionally manipulating you at their whim and fancy. Being a good parent takes a lot of hard work and dedication. You must be stern but not rigid, you must be gentle but not a softie, you must be loving but not insecure, you must be decisive but not autocratic in other words you must be balanced in your responsibility as an exemplar to your children.

Answer 2

because its hard for them to remember how it was for them when they were there kids age. They only want whats best for you even if they ruin your social life in the process.