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Young Adults

Saber para vivir - Por que non me entenden meus pais?

By Emiliano Martín González

About this book

Children and parents have different ways of understanding the world. However, this must not be a source of conflict but of learning. In this book we try to bridge the gap between the generations through dialogue and understanding.

Book fragment

Many times you may have wondered, “Why don’t my parents understand me?” You have just argued because of the phone, a miniskirt that is too short, because you come late every night, because your room is not tidy… and you leave the room, slamming the door and screaming. After that, in the park with your best friend you open up and make comments like, “I don’t understand why they are this way, they are not in this world, they are from outer space. They don’t like any of my things: my clothes, my hair, my music… not even my friends. They treat me like a child. I sometimes think they’re annoyed at me for having a good time”.

And if you dared shared this topic with a group of adults (aunts and uncles, neighbours, grandparents…) you must likely got funny looks and smiles. But don’t think that this shows confidence on their side -- quite the opposite, they are just nervous. You may have experienced that uncomfortable silence, or they just give you an evasive answer; “they understand you better than you think” or “it is you who has to understand them, they are your parents after all”…