A For many parents, raising a
teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner.
Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is
about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you
do Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power
to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any
responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause
of their fight is their adolescents’complete unreasonableness. And of course,
the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel
trapped. In this article. I’ll describe three no-win situations
that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of
the trap. The first no - win situation is quarrels over unimportant things.
Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom,
the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast
before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second,
blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad
attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right, it
doesn’t matter what the topic is politics, the laws of physics, or the proper
way to break an egg—the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right
and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority
someone who actually knows something and therefore to command respect.
Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know
more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never
make any real progress. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that
follows
A.Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.
B.Examples of the parent-teen war.
C.Solutions for the parent-teen problems.
D.Future of the parent-teen relationship.