Maybe this can help ?



https://www.familiesforlife.sg/discover-an-article/Pages/10-Ways-to-a-Better-Relationship-with-Your-Teenager.aspx

thread got diverted.


Ok, shall not mentioned about Kumar

.zeit,




Kumar declared himself ah gua in his show.

We are very polite already…:-)

ngl,


You have how many children ? How old are they ?

@ngl,



My son this year will be 16, on national day

Yup, he is rebellious in some ways, obedient in some ways.


Do you know our Singaporean comedian ah gua Kumar ? He told current parents to be friend with their children first, so that children will recipocrate with parents

ngl,




Nowadays young people their thinking very different from our generation.


Therefore, i just let my son to do the things he interested in


I also told him this

"If you could not get your academy result well, you have to bear your own responsibilities"

Dont worry ngl2010,



Not saying you don’t know about YOLO, no worries


Yeah, they tend to anyhow chiong…

I did explained to my son the pros & cons of YOLO, he has to be 谨慎 cautious

There’s a true fact we parents encountered on current teenagers & young people



- They are leaning towards Western people mindset

- They don’t really listen to what parents say already

- They are much more outspoken now

- They say things very outright

Here's the main point that Channelnewsasia wrote, about YOLO mindset



\"Our youths today crave memorable and purposeful experiences that emphasise the importance of the journey, instead of being fixated with the destination\"




https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-youths-yolo-maliki-osman-president-address-10242764

Teenagers nowadays have the YOLO (you only live once) mindset. Therefore they will just anyhow chiong whatever things they wanna try.


Not hard to talk to them, main issue is "are they able to understand what adults are trying to explain"