Family problems

1. Family problems

The main common topics
of misunderstanding in
families

2. Outline

• the most common topics
teenagers argue about with
their parents
• Favourite things that British
and American parents told
their children.

3.

• To help to grow.
• Penalty for doing wrong.
• What there is between one
thing/person/idea and another or
others.
• Intellectually and emotionally
mature.
• To put the arms round tightly to
show love.

4.

Shared understanding.
To express disagreement.
Failure to understand correctly.
The difference in ideas, feelings
and interests between older and
younger people, especially
considered as causing lack of
understanding.

5. Janush Korchak

There are no children- there
are people, but with their
own thoughts, their own
source of experience, their
own desires and feelings.”
Janush Korchak

6.

clothes
appearance
coming home late
friends
getting up in the morning
going out at night
homework
money
music
politeness and good manners
TV and video

7.

going
out at night
homework
clothes and appearance
coming home late
politeness

8.

Favourite things that
British and American
parents told their
children.

9.

All I do is follow you around, picking up after you like
some maid.
Am I talking to a brick wall?
As long as you live under my roof, you’ll do as I say.
Did you clean your room?
Don’t ask me WHY. The answer is NO!
Go and ask your father.
Go to you room think about what you did!
How many times do I have to tell you?
I can always tell when you are lying.
Money does not grow on trees.
I’ll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one.
I’ve told you a thousand times…
Leave your sister (brother) alone!
So if Bob’s mom let him do it? If Bob’s mom let him jump
off Empire State Building, would you want me to let you
do it?
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

10. We think there are no families without problems of misunderstanding between children and their parents

11. Our results of the survey:

The main topics of argueing in 100 families
clothes and
appearance
coming home late
politeness and good
manners
88%
98%
friends and parties
35%
homework
25%
43%
65%
15%
70%
TV and video
music
money

12. Actually 98% of families have problems of misunderstanding between parents and children