Generation gap.Some parents have a hard time understanding their children because of the changing times affecting the way of life of today's generation.Before it was more likely to be more conservative values were being exercised and there was closer family ties.But times have changed with the modernization of everything moral values have declined,and the thinking of today's youth contradicts to that of the olds.Parents are still imposing the old ways of discipline and even goes harder everytime they are being opposed.So the result is for the youth to be feeling crazy and rebellious because they do not understand what their parents are trying to do for them.And these commonly happens in today's homes,parents and children arguing,to the extent of changing hot words and eventually hurting ..

well teenagers dont know their advantages properly coz they dont have enough experiences and when they get older they will remember what their parents said to them and will face the same problems with their childrens

I'm not yet a parent so i can't comment from the parent side but as an adult now looking back at my rebellious teenage years i can say that teenagers just lack the understanding of the world that their parents have. If i knew the things i know today about the world we live in i wouldn't have said such terrible things to my parents back then in response to the way they treated me, of more appropriately, tried to do what was best for me. Of course this is a blanket response and doesn't apply to every parent - teenager relationship. communication is certainly the key and i will be trying to maintain a much closer relationship with my children when that stage of my life begins.

I am 20. Just finish my teenager period. ^^ erm... I think conflict comes due to teenager loves freedom, but hate to be control by their parents.

the gap is normal and it is a wise parent that can see it clearly even if he/she does not fully understand the topic that started to conflict. A child (young adult) who sees this can also use the information wisely. parents care for their children but speak, most of the time, from a position of knowledge and experience that is between 20 and 40 years older than that of the child (young adult). children experiencing (learning) about life are exposed to information and experience that is new but for the most part un-experienced by their parents. When it is out of ignorance (not knowing or refusing to accept) or incomplete (old) knowledge, there is much fear on the parent's side - most of which is embarrassment about not knowing. here is when the gap can perceived as being much wider and the question of respect on both sides (or lack of respect from one side or the other or both) is at risk. unfortunately, all parent (adult)<->teenage child (young adult) relationships will go through this phase and each time there is a clash it leads to conflict. how WE, as individuals, handle the situation, determines the reaction of each of the pesons - parent or child (young adult). Hope this helps. Xiexie. dao xia yici