talking with teens

Well, I'm a teenager myself (16). It depends what you mean when you say "Problems". Problems could mean a whole variety of different things. No one really knows about my 'problems' except for people that I talk to online. I feel better talking to people online about those things because that way there is no way anyone I know in real life can find out. I'd rather keep them to myself. As for your problem with trying to not sound like a parent, it is pretty much impossible. Sorry about that xD.

i think teenagers are confused people but they have good reasoning power.try to explain anything logically,they may accept.also they need love and not preaching.

Listen!!! Having spent most of my life with a couple hundred teenagers a year, I've learned that that's what they need most. Answer any questions they have honestly and completely, or tell them you're not comfortable talking about that. Honesty counts a lot. It helps, too, to recognize that your generation was very different, but you hope to know about theirs, too! Good luck, It's really hard!

As a mother of two teenagers i know how hard it can be to talk to them. I find that you should talk to teenagers as a adult, never ever talk down to them and always respect their views even if you don't agree with them. Never ever make their problems seem trivial to us what seems small and not much of a problem may seem earth shattering to them. Always be honest with them.

Not very advice but we should try and chill out and reember what we felt like to be a teen! Not very good really as I'm sure we have been adults for so long we will try but then silp back into our parent role. I have some teen friends on here as well, not sure how i do with thme but I am mad as a hatter. Told you it wasn't very good advice, hope someone gives you some more better advice

I'm no longer a teen, I'm 21 but I can give some insight to help you out. Open a conversation and start a dialog. Open ended questions force an answer of some sort. There is nothing wrong with sounding like a parent when someone has a problem. Sounding like an adult and speaking to a teen as if they were a mature adult helps as well. Make sure they know you are talking with them and not at them. Don't talk down to them either, their problems may seem trivial to you as an adult but as a teen a small problem is the world. A friend is talking behind their back and they feel like the world is falling apart. So don't over simplify the situation just because you thing their problem is stupid or petty. Let them know that you can listen and help out if they need you. Don't judge them or ridicule them for coming to you with it. Let them see they can trust you, don't just tell they can. That usually doesn't do the trick. Hopefully some of this helped. Happy Saturday