Hi
I'm a dad, mid forties, 3 kids. My eldest daughter has recently turned 13 and obviously she's growing up and starting to go through adolescence.
I'm not a great talker I know this, and I would like to get better, but I'm struggling to find the right approach. I'd like to be able to talk to her about her friends, interests, worries etc., but whenever I try I seem to end up having a fairly one way series of questions and answers that feels to me, and I'm sure to her too, more like an inquisition than a conversation.
She is quite a sensitive child too and I know she bottles things up. My wife is good at talking to her but even then there are things she (DD) internalises for weeks/months (she's quite like me in some ways!)
So I thought I'd reach out to the collective wisdom of MN and see if you all can help. Do you have any advice from when you were a teenager and your dad tried to talk to you? Perhaps you had a great relationship with your dad and there are a couple of things you can point to? Or perhaps your husband is great with your teenage daughters and you have some tips from things he does?
Thanks so much in advance for your help
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Blardier · 17/10/2018 08:03
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