Teens, you probably don’t want to agree that parenting isn’t an easy task especially when you are at the receiving end of ancient ideologies or rules of living which unsurprisingly seem fine to your parents because “we had it tougher in our days.” But do you know that there’s a win-win solution to getting them off your back? How?
Show them you care by helping to relieve their daily stress. The flip side of this is that, when they are less stressed they are less critical of what you do, how slowly you are walking, how the TV is too loud, the untidy state of your bedroom etc. So, call it self-preservation or whatever you would like to tag it; let’s show some love & appreciation (my tag) to our folks by –
- sending a text of appreciation to them; or
- helping with more than 2 house chores (or more than your assigned chores) today e.g. keep our bedrooms clean & tidy before being told to do so, prepare a simple meal for your household members – rice, fried plantains etc.
Easy peasy, right?
