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Term 2: Youth (Relationships (With parents (My parents and I come from…

- - - - "Sometimes I feel like my father does not understand me."
      - "But he does not understand how social media is not all that bad. It has even made me a more confident person."
      - "But we gradually drifted apart as I grew older. "
      - "I suppose I had not exactly been very open to my father. "
      - "Perhaps I just needed to look a bit closer to realise that we were not all that different, and that maybe my father could connect with me if only I let him in. "
    - - "That's why, when your child starts the journey of separating from you, you may react in all sorts of strange ways. You as a parent may feel suddenly out of control. Of yourself as well as of your child."
      - "For the glorious technicolour of this time is hard to live with as a parent. Your demands are black and white."
      - "I wish we could all be less hard on one another. "
      - "My fantasies of teen world are not theirs. I have girls, but I know it's no easier for boys. All kids can have a monstrous time."
      - "Often I think they are right and we are wrong, and that grown-ups exist to persuade them to give up what we are afraid of in ourselves."
  - - - "We became friends very fast and I just felt like they have been my friends for a long time. "
      - "I made a friend with a Norwegian who studies at the University of Bergen on a train, who said she loves meeting international people."
    - - "If you're someone's friend, it means that you have chosen that person through mutual affinity and interest. "
      - "A good friend is a blessing, a true gift. A good friend is extremely important to provide emotional support and to share your journey (your ups and downs), independently from your family."
      - "A childhood friend, while a memory keeper, may not share your life's dreams. He or she may want to start a family at an early age while you launch your career 1,000 miles away. However, these childhood and high-school friends are people who provide you with a historic timeline and offer a different version of your truth, secrets and confidences that you didn't reveal to your parents or siblings."
      - "As the saying goes, "A friend helps you move boxes, but a real friend helps you move a body." While we don't encourage body moving (especially on a regular basis), it's important to understand the different relationships you have with various friends in your network."
      - "If you want to have great friends, you have to learn how to be a great friend."
      - "The most important factors to being a friend are respecting your friends' boundaries, being a good listener, not interrupting or judging your pals, knowing how to keep a secret sacred4, being reliable and being there for them in a crisis. "
  - - - "When older adults contribute to the well-being of youth, it cultivates a sense of purpose and extends benefits both ways, according to a new Stanford report."
      - "Such relationships are important for society. They can help ensure that children and teens receive the kind of attention and mentoring they often lack, especially among the most vulnerable populations, the Stanford scholars said. "
      - as people age, their brains actually improve in many ways, including in complex problem-solving and emotional skills. “It is a huge loss for society not to offer such counsel and experience to others, especially young people,” she said.
      - “Age-related increases in wisdom, life experiences and emotional stability are well-documented, as is a drive to give to others in a meaningful way,” she said.
    - - "Grandfather Bill Teoh, a self-professed loner with little patience for the ignorant and a disdain for youngsters, could easily be typecast as a grumpy old man. "
      - “It’s quite amazing that he actually helped me do it. I felt quite touched to have him help me with my fitness,” says the teenager, whose parents are usually too busy with work to exercise with him.
      - “If every kid is like Kieyron, my perception of young people will definitely change.”