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things i wish parents would understand; a thread
psa: this thread is not to say that all parents are horrible, or that we don’t appreciate you. this is just to explain some things and justify our feelings.
another psa: these may not apply to every person this is just in general and isn’t meant to be rude to anyone
just because we don’t want you looking through our stuff doesn’t mean we’re hiding something, we just like our privacy
“you’re always in your room” sometimes we just like to be alone in our own space to collect ourselves
“you never tell me anything” it’s because we’re afraid of you not believing us or invalidating our feelings
we don’t want you looking through our texts but it’s not because we’re talking bad about you or doing bad things, we just want to be able to have private conversations
“why are you so upset?” “what are you crying for?” we’re still learning how to deal with our emotions so sometimes we don’t know how to react to the unknown feeling
when you compare us to other kids, our siblings, or other people, we feel like to don’t appreciate us or we feel like we’re not enough for you
when you belittle something we’re excited about, it makes us feel stupid for being happy
hanging out with the opposite gender doesn’t mean we’re ‘together’
we know how we feel and our own emotions better than anyone else
saying judgmental things in a nice way doesnt change what you said
we don’t know what being a teen was like when you were a teenager, but we know being a teen in todays society isn’t easy
when we ask why you answered yes or no, we’re not trying to sass you, we’re trying to understand the problem
when we explain ourselves, we aren’t trying to back talk we just want you to hear our side of things
we are not anyone else. we are ourself. trying to change us doesn’t help anything
“you never talk to me” a lot of the time when we talk we hear negative things which makes us want to leave the conversation
we don’t always have the same opinions as you and we ask that you can understand that and respect our opinions
if we talk to you about our mental health (asking to get help, etc) pls take it seriously we wouldn’t say anything if we didn’t think there was a problem. sometimes we want to talk to a therapist not bc you arent good enough, but they know where we’re coming from and can help us
i promise we are grateful, thankful, and appreciative for what we do have, enough if we don’t always say it
when we’re upset, we don’t want to hear “you’re fine.” we’d rather hear “i’m here if you need to talk, it’s all going to be okay.”
we’re trying. we promise.
feel free to add anything in the replies
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