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| We talk in the car. Somehow when I'm not face to face, the dialog flows a little easier. It works well at night time at bedtime too. Somehow the darkness of the room lends itself to easier talking. |
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| I have always had an open relationship with my boys so they could come to me and talk about everything. My youngest 15 still gives me hugs and kisses before ever leaving the car or house and doesn't matter who is around. My 25 year old comes over at least once a week to let me in on what is going on in his life and calls for advice as well as my 21 year old. I think giving them freedom gives them trust and they know they can trust in me whether right or wrong. |
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| Hello,I talk to my children about everything. Sex, drugs, driving responsibilities, thier future, what a young man and a young woman should be in grown up intimate relationships and what they should not be. I tell the things they need to if such and such ever were to happen. Of course we have our everyday talks about thier lives, thier days, thier questions. Sometimes I've been told I am too open and honest with my kids but I don't think you can be. Certainly the topics discussed have changed through the years as they have grown. |
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| I have a 13 year old daughter and I've tried to talk about sex with her. She just turns into a puddle and gets away from me as fast as she can. She's not shy about talking otherwise. We joke about having a period (hate it!), we've talked about nicotine (I'm an ex-smoker, so I know the evils) and drugs (just say no, she gets it)....should I be worried, or is this just a tough age.On the other hand, I have an 9 year old daughter who asks anything and everything! |
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| I have always told my daughter to let me know if there's something that she wants to talk to me about. If there is we go to a quiet place where just she and I can talk. She may cry, we cry together. She may laugh, we laugh together. I have a relationship with my daughter that I always wished my mom would have had with me. There'll be times when she'll ask for a mommy and me day. That started when my Husband was going to school. We'd go out together to have a dinner and maybe shopping. Communication is essential in todays youth. I believe in it. |
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I have 4 girls and we talk to each other about boys and their dreams, likes, dislikes, family, issues. I love to get their ideas and realize they are pretty insightful and smart about what they want. I hope the dialogue with them continues. |
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| My daughter has always been VERY reticent and after years of trying to initiate conversation with her, I have realised that it's best to just leave her alone and let her come to me when she wants to talk. Of course, she tends to want to talk when I am terribly preoccupied but I take the line that she will only be a child for a very very short space of time and I remember reading a quote once about deciding to live one's life based on whether the inbox is empty or whether your loved ones know how much you life them and value them above all else - I have taken that to heart. |
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| when they were young in the car conversations were great...also, ask open ended questions, that way you do not get yes or no answers. |
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| My daughter is 18 now, and we have always had a very open relationship. She has always talked to me about everything. She even had her friends talk to me about personal things when they couldn't talk to their own parents. |
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| My kids are so different in ages I have had to be real creative getting them to talk, because none of them are the same. My oldest, 17 girl, we usually talk while I am doing dishes. My 12 year old boy is getting harder to talk to lately, so I usually like to take him up town with me alone and he will talk a little better just one on one. My 7 year old daughter, is easy to talk to. All I have to do for her is sit and play barbies or Polly Pocket and she talks up a storm about everything. My baby, 5 boy, cuddles with me in the chair and I will ask him different little questions. Dinner time is the time we all sit and chat up a storm. |
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