Youth adolescents
My 13 year old has been really temperamental and I suspect she doesn’t want to tell me she likes someone. How do I get her to talk to me about it without being fierce or intimidating her to talk about it
Make time to spend with her to talk about anything - not related to requests to do homework or perform. If you regularly talk about small things, bigger things will come more naturally too. When she talks, be sure to listen and acknowledge her feelings, whether you agree with her opinion or not. Try not to lecture. Rather, ask questions like "how do you think that would work?", or "sure, that's one option, what do you think another option might be?" and help them reason out a good solution for themselves. If she feels you're not going to be immediately judgemental, she might open up more. Share some of your experiences when you were that age as well, and some of the questions and concerts you had and even mistakes you may have made. That will help her to see that you've been through similar things and hopefully that you can relate to her. Try the bramble app - it helps to foster closer communication between parents and kids.. https://letsbramble.com/
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