Sunday, June 18, 2023

Parenting tips

Any parent of multiple young children knows the daily reality of children's constant fights, disagreements, and clashes. 

Personally, my five boys almost never stop squabbling! They love each other and play together, but they also fight like cats and dogs. 😅

One of my primary parenting roles, therefore, is the judge who settles disputes. 

One rule I have for myself is a parent who is constantly having to referee fights and arguments between my children is this: 

Hear out both sides first. 

Never give out a verdict before listening to both parties, no matter how open-and-shut the case may initially look. 

Usually, what happens is I'll be washing the dishes or cooking dinner or changing the baby's diaper, when one of my children comes running to me, crying. He will start complaining and whining to me about one of his siblings: "Mama, he hit/ kicked/ hurt me!" 

In the past, if I was tired, stressed, or in a hurry, my instinct, for one second, used to be to just take the initial complaint at face value, and just yell quickly, "[Accused child's name here], stop hitting your brother!"

But I learned years ago that a parent should never do this. 

This is the easier of the two routes you can take as a parent. 

Route 1: One child lodges a complaint against another. You as the parent are tired, sleep-deprived, hungry, annoyed, busy, overwhelmed, late for something, and/ or are in a rush. You take this accusation as the truth, and respond accordingly by yelling at or punishing the accused child. 

Route 2: One child lodges a complaint against another. You as the parent, despite your tiredness, headache, hunger, busy-ness, etc, calmly hear out the first child. Then you call the second child to you, and calmly ask him what happened. As the second child tells you his version of the same event, you calmly hear out his side of things. You then ask any follow-up questions if you need to clarify, call witnesses (other children not directly involved in the fight), ascertain the truth, and then use your judgment to come to a decision if one or both parties are in the wrong and if there needs to be punishment or consequences. 

Route 2 is clearly the harder path. 

But it's the path of justice and fairness. 

My children are still young, but already in this short time of a decade, there have been many times in which the first child was crying so hysterically or whose complaint sounded so sad and convincing that I would be tempted to just issue my judgment right away. 

Especially if there is raw evidence to corroborate the first child's story: a red mark, a darkening bruise, a quickly-swelling bump on the head, or scratch marks. 

It's so sad for us as parents to see that, plus we are so busy and tired, that it's tempting to mete out punishment before launching a full investigation. 

But whenever I'd stop myself from jumping to conclusions and force myself to slow down enough to hear out both sides, I have always been so relieved I did. 

Because usually, there is a much longer backstory. There is a second version of reality that is equally compelling. There is usually another child who has been wronged too. 

Sometimes the accused child is actually the injured party, while the child who came running to complain was actually the instigator or initial aggressor. 

Or sometimes, both sides are equally at fault. And punishing only the accused child would be unjust. 

What is even more dangerous about this is that it may eventually become a pattern within the family, continuing into the children's adulthood. An entrenched dysfunctional dynamic. 

One child learns to tattle to the parent, the parent learns to reflexively take that child's word as the full truth without checking, and the other child gets punished unjustly without getting the benefit of stating their side of things. 

The first child, the tattler, gets used to having their way just by virtue of being the first to run crying to the parent, learning the utility of the adage, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." And the second child grows disillusioned by the chronic one-sidedness, learning to shut down their own emotions or to give up on getting any justice. 

And this is a very unhealthy dynamic of injustice. 

Everything starts in childhood. 

And it starts with you, the parent. You are the mature adult. You are responsible for justice, regardless of your state or the lateness of the hour or other circumstances. 

Don't just take the path of least resistance and simply believe whoever comes to you first, or whoever is crying louder. 

This reminds me of the old story of a man who came to a judge with one eye gouged out, accusing another man of having taken out his eye. The proof was right there for all to see in all its horrible, bloody glory. 

But the judge was wise enough to call the accused man to the court to hear him out first, before issuing an immediate punishment. 

When the accused man walked in to stand in court, he had *both* eyes gouged out! 
 
Allah says,

ØĨِŲ†َّ ŲąŲ„Ų„َّŲ‡َ ŲŠَØŖْŲ…ُØąُŲƒُŲ…ْ ØŖَŲ† ØĒُؤَدُّŲˆØ§۟ ŲąŲ„ْØŖَŲ…َŲ€ٰŲ†َŲ€ٰØĒِ ØĨِŲ„َŲ‰ٰٓ ØŖَŲ‡ْŲ„ِŲ‡َا ŲˆَØĨِØ°َا Ø­َŲƒَŲ…ْØĒُŲ… بَŲŠْŲ†َ ŲąŲ„Ų†َّاØŗِ ØŖَŲ† ØĒَØ­ْŲƒُŲ…ُŲˆØ§۟ بِŲąŲ„ْØšَدْŲ„ِ ۚ ØĨِŲ†َّ ŲąŲ„Ų„َّŲ‡َ Ų†ِØšِŲ…َّا ŲŠَØšِظُŲƒُŲ… بِŲ‡ِÛĻٓ ۗ ØĨِŲ†َّ ŲąŲ„Ų„َّŲ‡َ ŲƒَاŲ†َ ØŗَŲ…ِŲŠØšًۢا بَØĩِŲŠØąًۭا 

"Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due, and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allah instructs you. Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing." (Surat An-Nisa, 58)

Justice involves wisdom, patience, and doing due diligence to find out the whole truth. 

And this is our job as parents of children, between whom fighting is normal. 

Through our measured, calm, mature approach, we not only settle daily childhood disputes, but we also instill within our children an understanding of justice from a young age.


- Umm Khalid 

āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻ“ āĻĻ্āĻ°ুāĻ¤ āĻŦিāĻ¯়ে

ā§§ āĻĻāĻļāĻ• āĻ†āĻ—ে āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ‡āĻœিāĻĒāĻļিā§ŸাāĻ¨ āĻŽাāĻ“āĻ˛াāĻ¨া āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻœাāĻ¨িā§ŸেāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛াāĻŽে āĻ›েāĻ˛ে-āĻŽেā§ŸেāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¯ে āĻ…āĻ˛্āĻĒ āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸ে āĻŦিā§Ÿে āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻĻিāĻ¤ে āĻ°িāĻ•āĻŽেāĻ¨্āĻĄ āĻ•āĻ°া āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে, āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ¸াāĻŽাāĻœিāĻ• āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ•াāĻ°িāĻ¤াāĻ“ āĻ†āĻ›ে। 

āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ­েāĻ¤āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸা āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে, āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻŦিāĻ§াā§Ÿ āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŽāĻ¨োāĻŽাāĻ˛িāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻŦা āĻ­ুāĻ˛ āĻŦোāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻŦāĻšুāĻ˛াংāĻļে āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĨাāĻ•ে। 

āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ—ে āĻĢেāĻ¸āĻŦুāĻ•āĻœুā§œে āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĄ āĻĒ্āĻ¯াāĻ°েāĻ¨্āĻŸিং-āĻ—ুāĻĄ āĻĒ্āĻ¯াāĻ°েāĻ¨্āĻŸিং āĻ¨িā§Ÿে āĻ°ীāĻ¤িāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻā§œ āĻŦā§Ÿে āĻ—েāĻ˛ো। āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ‰āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻ•্āĻˇেāĻ° āĻŦāĻ•্āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ•্āĻ˛োāĻœāĻ˛ি āĻĒā§œেāĻ›ি।

āĻ‰āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻ•্āĻˇেāĻ° āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ি/āĻ…āĻ­িāĻ¯োāĻ—āĻ‡ āĻŦেāĻļ āĻœোāĻ°াāĻ˛ো, āĻ…āĻ¸্āĻŦীāĻ•াāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ° āĻ•োāĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻœো āĻ¨েāĻ‡।

āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¯া āĻšāĻ˛ো, āĻŦাāĻĻী-āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻ‰āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻ•্āĻˇেāĻ° āĻ…āĻ­িāĻ¯োāĻ—āĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻœোāĻ°াāĻ˛ো āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ¤āĻŦে āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ িāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ§াāĻ¨ে āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¨ীāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻŸা āĻ…āĻ¤্āĻ¯āĻ¨্āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ িāĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ŸāĻ¸াāĻĒেāĻ•্āĻˇ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻĻাঁā§œাā§Ÿ। 

āĻāĻ–াāĻ¨েāĻ“ āĻ¤াāĻ‡ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে। āĻ‰āĻ­ā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻ‰āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻ•্āĻˇāĻ•ে āĻĻোāĻˇাāĻ°োāĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ে, āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻ•েāĻ‰ āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ§াāĻ¨ে āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ›ে āĻ¨া। 

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖে āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻ—োā§œাঁāĻ¤ে āĻ¨āĻœāĻ° āĻĻেā§Ÿা āĻ‰āĻšিāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ•āĻ°ি।

āĻ†āĻŽেāĻ°িāĻ•াāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦিāĻ–্āĻ¯াāĻ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨োāĻŦিāĻĻ āĻ“ āĻ¸োāĻļāĻ˛āĻœিāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻŦāĻ˛েāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ•াāĻ° āĻ¯ুāĻ—ে āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦাāĻŦāĻ• āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽাāĻে āĻ¯ে āĻ•্āĻ°āĻŽāĻŦাā§œāĻ¨্āĻ¤ āĻĻুāĻ°āĻ¤্āĻŦ āĻ¸ৃāĻ¸্āĻŸি āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে, āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŽূāĻ˛ āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ। āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ āĻ¨িā§Ÿে āĻāĻ•াāĻ§িāĻ• āĻ—āĻŦেāĻˇāĻŖাāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›েāĻ¨।

āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒেāĻ° āĻ¸ংāĻœ্āĻžা āĻ•ি? 

āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻ‡āĻ•োāĻ˛āĻœিāĻ•্āĻ¯াāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦং āĻ‡āĻŽোāĻļāĻ¨াāĻ˛ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒāĻŸাāĻ•েāĻ‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨাā§Ÿ āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻŦāĻ˛ে।

āĻŽাāĻ“āĻ˛াāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻļুāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ে āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ­েāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻ–āĻ˛াāĻŽ, āĻāĻ–াāĻ¨āĻ•াāĻ° āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻŽুāĻŸাāĻŽুāĻŸি āĻ†āĻ•াāĻļāĻšুāĻŽ্āĻŦি। āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ•াāĻ° āĻ—ā§œāĻĒā§œāĻ¤া āĻ¨াāĻ°ীāĻ°া ā§¨ā§Ģ-ā§¨ā§Ž āĻ āĻŦিā§Ÿে āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›েāĻ¨। āĻ›েāĻ˛েāĻ°া āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›েāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ°ো āĻĻেāĻ°ীāĻ¤ে। 

āĻ¤ো āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ—ā§œে ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻ§āĻ°ি, āĻ¤āĻŦে āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ•াāĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻ্āĻ¯ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻĻāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ¤িāĻ—ুāĻ˛োāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻšāĻŦে āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•্āĻˇে ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°েāĻ°। (āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻāĻŸা āĻ§āĻ°ে āĻ¨িāĻ‡ āĻ¯ে, āĻ¤াāĻ°া āĻŦিā§ŸেāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤ী āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻĨেāĻ•েāĻ‡ āĻĒ্āĻ¯াāĻ°েāĻ¨্āĻŸāĻ¸ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›েāĻ¨। āĻ¯াāĻ°া āĻĻেāĻ°ী āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻŦেāĻŦী āĻ¨েāĻ¨, āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ¤ো āĻŦাāĻĻāĻ‡ āĻĻিāĻ˛াāĻŽ, āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻ¤ো āĻ†āĻ°ো āĻ…āĻ¨েāĻ• āĻŦেāĻļী!)

ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°েāĻ° āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒāĻŸা āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻŦেāĻļ āĻ†āĻļংāĻ•াāĻœāĻ¨āĻ•। āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤ি āĻŦাāĻ°ো āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛াā§Ÿ, āĻ¤āĻŦে ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻĒ্āĻ°াā§Ÿ āĻ†ā§œাāĻ‡ āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ! 

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ˛āĻŽ্āĻŦা āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒে āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻ°া āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻ•ে āĻŦুāĻāĻ¤ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ°্āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦে, āĻ¤েāĻŽāĻ¨ি āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ•্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°েāĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻ•ে āĻ¨া āĻŦুāĻাāĻŸা āĻ–ুāĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ•।

āĻ†āĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¨া āĻŦোāĻা āĻĨেāĻ•ে, āĻ•িংāĻŦা āĻ­ুāĻ˛ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻĨেāĻ•েāĻ‡ āĻļুāĻ°ু āĻšā§Ÿ āĻĒ্āĻ°াāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨োāĻŽাāĻ˛িāĻ¨্āĻ¯, āĻ…āĻ­িāĻ¯োāĻ— āĻĻাā§ŸেāĻ°, āĻĒাāĻ°িāĻŦাāĻ°িāĻ• āĻ°েāĻˇাāĻ°েāĻˇি āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি।
 
āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻŦেāĻļী āĻĨাāĻ•াāĻŸা āĻļুāĻ§ু āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻ¨া, āĻ¯ে āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ•েāĻ° āĻ­েāĻ¤āĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ­্āĻ¯াāĻ˛ু, āĻ°েāĻ¸āĻĒেāĻ•্āĻŸ, āĻāĻŸিāĻšিāĻ‰āĻĄ, āĻĒ্āĻ°াā§ŸোāĻ°িāĻŸি, āĻŽাāĻ‡āĻ¨্āĻĄ āĻ¸েāĻŸাāĻĒ āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻিāĻ¤ে āĻ‰āĻ˛্āĻ˛েāĻ–āĻ¯োāĻ—্āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒাāĻ°্āĻĨāĻ•্āĻ¯ āĻ—ā§œে āĻĻেā§Ÿ। āĻāĻ•āĻŸা āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ•েāĻ° āĻ­েāĻ¤āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨েāĻ° āĻĒাāĻ°্āĻĨāĻ•্āĻ¯ āĻĨাāĻ•āĻ˛ে āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ• āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻļীāĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ¸ুāĻ¸্āĻĨ্āĻ¯ āĻĨাāĻ•াāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ¨ā§Ÿ। 

āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•ি āĻ¸িāĻŦāĻ˛িংā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ­েāĻ¤āĻ°োāĻ“ ā§§ā§¨ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°েāĻ° āĻŦেāĻļী āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•āĻ˛ে āĻ¨াāĻ¨া āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¯া āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻĻেā§Ÿ।

āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° upbringings āĻāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° upbringings āĻāĻ° āĻ•োāĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻŽিāĻ˛ āĻ¨েāĻ‡। āĻ†āĻŦাāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° upbringings āĻāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻļী āĻŽিāĻ˛ āĻĨাāĻ•āĻŦে āĻ¨া, āĻĨাāĻ•াāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨাāĻ“ āĻ¨া। 

āĻ›োāĻŸ্āĻŸ āĻāĻ•āĻŸা āĻ‰āĻĻাāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻেāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ•āĻŽ্āĻĒিāĻ‰āĻŸাāĻ° āĻĒেā§ŸেāĻ›ি āĻ•্āĻ˛াāĻ¸ āĻŸেāĻ¨ে āĻĒā§œাāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ, āĻŽোāĻŦাāĻ‡āĻ˛ āĻšাāĻ¤ে āĻĒেā§ŸেāĻ›ি āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻšেāĻ˛āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ।

āĻ…āĻĨāĻš āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° ā§Š āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°েāĻ° āĻ•াāĻœিāĻ¨ āĻ“āĻ° āĻŦাāĻŦাāĻ° āĻŽোāĻŦাāĻ‡āĻ˛ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ­ā§ŸেāĻ¸ āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻŸিāĻ‰āĻŦে āĻ¸াāĻ°্āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ•াāĻ°্āĻŸুāĻ¨ āĻŦেāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻĻেāĻ–ে।

āĻļুāĻ§ু āĻŸেāĻ¨āĻ•োāĻ¨āĻ˛āĻœিāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ•āĻŸা āĻ§āĻ°āĻ˛েāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ•াāĻļ-āĻĒাāĻ¤াāĻ˛ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ§াāĻ¨ āĻšোāĻ–ে āĻĒā§œāĻŦে, āĻŦাāĻ•ীāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻ¤ো āĻŦাāĻĻāĻ‡ āĻĻিāĻ˛াāĻŽ। 

āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻāĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨িāĻˇ্āĻ āĻ¤া āĻ•েāĻ¨ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻœাāĻ¨েāĻ¨? 

āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻŦāĻ•āĻ¨্āĻŸিāĻ¨েāĻ¨্āĻŸেāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻ•āĻŽ। 

āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŦাāĻŦাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻুāĻ°āĻ¤্āĻŦ āĻ•েāĻ¨ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻœাāĻ¨েāĻ¨?

āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦাāĻŦাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻŦāĻ•āĻ¨্āĻŸিāĻ¨েāĻ¨্āĻŸেāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻļী। 

āĻ­াāĻ°āĻ¤ীā§Ÿ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļেāĻ° āĻŦেāĻļীāĻ°āĻ­াāĻ— āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦাāĻ°েāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻ°া āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻĒিāĻ¤াāĻ•ে āĻŦাāĻ˜েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻĒাā§Ÿ। āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻĒিāĻ¤ৃāĻĒুāĻ°ুāĻˇāĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽোāĻŸো āĻ›িāĻ˛ - ”āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻ•ে āĻ°াāĻ–āĻŦো āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻŽাāĻ‡āĻ° āĻĒিāĻŸে।” āĻŽাāĻ‡āĻ°েāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒ্āĻ°ে āĻ“āĻˇুāĻ§ āĻ¨াāĻ‡, āĻāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒ্āĻ¤āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ āĻ¤াāĻ°া āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻĒ্āĻ°াāĻŖে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ো। 

āĻŦাāĻŦাāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ–েā§Ÿে āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ†āĻšঁāĻ˛ে āĻŽুāĻ– āĻ˛ুāĻ•িā§Ÿে āĻ•াāĻĻাঁ āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°িāĻ¸ংāĻ–্āĻ¯াāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ে āĻ¸েāĻŸা āĻ•োāĻŸিāĻ° āĻ˜āĻ° āĻ›াā§œিā§Ÿে āĻ¯াāĻŦে!

āĻ¯āĻĻিāĻ“ āĻŽāĻ¨োāĻŦিāĻœ্āĻžাāĻ¨ীāĻ°া āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽাāĻ°āĻ§āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¯াāĻ‡ āĻšোāĻ• āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻ•ে āĻŽাāĻ¨ুāĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°া āĻ¯াā§Ÿ āĻ¨া। āĻ¤াāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻ¤ুāĻ¨ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻœāĻ¨্āĻŽেāĻ° āĻ‡ā§Ÿাং āĻĒ্āĻ¯াāĻ°েāĻ¨্āĻŸāĻ¸āĻĻেāĻ° āĻŦেāĻļীāĻ°āĻ­াāĻ—āĻ‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒ্āĻ¤āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ¸āĻ°ে āĻāĻ¸েāĻ›েāĻ¨। āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ°āĻ•ে āĻ¸াāĻ§ুāĻŦাāĻĻ। (āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĻুāĻˇ্āĻŸুāĻŽāĻ¤ি āĻļিāĻļুāĻĻেāĻ° āĻĻেāĻ–ি, āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻĻেāĻ°āĻ•ে āĻāĻ•āĻŸু āĻ†āĻ§āĻŸু āĻŽাāĻ‡āĻ° āĻ¨া āĻĻিāĻ˛েāĻ‡ āĻŦুāĻি āĻŦāĻ–ে āĻ¯াāĻŦে! 😛 )  

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļেāĻ° āĻ•āĻ¨āĻœাāĻ°āĻ­েāĻŸিāĻ­ āĻĢ্āĻ¯াāĻŽিāĻ˛িāĻ—ুāĻ˛োāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻāĻ•āĻŸাāĻ‡ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ§াāĻ¨ āĻŦৈāĻļিāĻˇ্āĻ ্āĻ¯, āĻ…āĻ¤্āĻ¯āĻ§িāĻ• āĻŽাāĻ¨āĻ¸িāĻ• āĻ“ āĻļাāĻ°ীāĻ°িāĻ• āĻļাāĻ¸āĻ¨। āĻāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻŽাāĻĨাā§Ÿ āĻ¨িā§ŸেāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻŦā§œ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻšā§Ÿ। 

āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦোāĻা āĻĻāĻ°āĻ•াāĻ°, āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦাāĻ°েāĻ° āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ°া āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻšāĻ¨্āĻĄ āĻŽাāĻ¨āĻ¸িāĻ• āĻ“ āĻ¸াāĻŽাāĻœিāĻ• āĻšাāĻĒেāĻ° āĻ­েāĻ¤āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨ āĻŦā§œ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ¨। āĻ¯ে āĻšাāĻĒ āĻ¸াāĻŽāĻ˛াāĻ¤ে āĻ—িā§Ÿে āĻ¤াāĻ°া āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ°াāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¤āĻ¤োāĻ§িāĻ• āĻšাāĻĒে āĻĢেāĻ˛ে āĻĻেāĻ¨। āĻ…āĻĨāĻš āĻŦিāĻˇā§ŸāĻŸাāĻ•ে āĻšাāĻ‡āĻ˛েāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ°ো āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•াāĻ°āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ¸ুāĻ°াāĻšা āĻ•āĻ°া āĻ¯েāĻ¤ো। āĻ­াāĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒ্āĻ˛āĻŸে āĻ…āĻ¨েāĻ• āĻ¸িāĻ¨েāĻŽাāĻ“ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻĻূāĻ° āĻœাāĻ¨ি।

āĻšā§ŸāĻ¤ো āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ¤েāĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻļিāĻ•্āĻˇা āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ§াāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¯াāĻ°। 

āĻ¨োāĻĒ। 

āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻ‡ āĻļিāĻ•্āĻˇিāĻ¤ āĻšোāĻ• āĻ¨া āĻ•েāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•āĻŦেāĻ‡, āĻ¤āĻŦে āĻš্āĻ¯াঁ, āĻ¸āĻ¤্āĻ¯িāĻ•াāĻ° āĻļিāĻ•্āĻˇিāĻ¤ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ°া āĻšā§ŸāĻ¤ো āĻāĻ‡ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒāĻŸাāĻ•ে āĻ¨িā§ŸāĻ¨্āĻ¤্āĻ°āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻĢেāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻŦেāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨েāĻ• āĻ¸্āĻŸ্āĻ°াāĻ—āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°ে, āĻ…āĻ¨েāĻ• āĻ§ৈāĻ°্āĻ¯্āĻ¯ āĻ§āĻ°ে। āĻŦাāĻ•ীāĻ°া āĻ¸েāĻŸাāĻ“ āĻĒাāĻ°āĻŦেāĻ¨ āĻ¨া।

āĻ¯া āĻšোāĻ•, āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦিāĻ¤ং āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻ˛ো, āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦিāĻˇাāĻ•্āĻ¤ āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨-āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ āĻĻূāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ§াāĻ¨ āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻŽাāĻœিāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨āĻ¨ে āĻāĻ° āĻ¨েāĻ¤িāĻŦাāĻšāĻ• āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ­াāĻŦেāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ•āĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻĒাāĻ•াāĻĒাāĻ•িāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ—েঁāĻĨে āĻĢেāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে। 

āĻāĻ›াā§œা āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¯াāĻ° āĻ†āĻ° āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ§াāĻ¨ āĻ¨াāĻ‡। 

āĻ¸েāĻŸা āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻ†āĻ‡āĻĄিā§ŸাāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻœ, āĻ¯েāĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻŽ্āĻ¯াāĻ°েāĻĄ āĻ›েāĻ˛ে-āĻŽেā§ŸেāĻ°া āĻĻ্āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻŦিā§Ÿে āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšাāĻ‡āĻŦে āĻļুāĻ§ু āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖে, āĻ¤াāĻ°া āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦে - ”āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¨āĻ¸িāĻ• āĻĻুāĻ°āĻ¤্āĻŦ āĻ¯াāĻ¤ে āĻŦেāĻļী āĻ¨া āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āĻāĻ‡ āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ি āĻŦিā§Ÿে āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ি।” 

āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻœাāĻ¤িāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ­াāĻŦেāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻĻূāĻ°āĻĻāĻ°্āĻļীāĻ¤া āĻ•āĻŽ। āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻļāĻ°্āĻŸ āĻŸাāĻ°্āĻŽ āĻ¸ুāĻŦিāĻ§া āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻ…āĻ­্āĻ¯āĻ¸্āĻ¤। āĻ¤া āĻ¨া āĻšāĻ˛ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাāĻ°াāĻ‡ āĻšā§ŸāĻ¤ো āĻāĻŸা āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻĻ্āĻ§ি āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে, āĻ¯ে āĻ­ুāĻ˛āĻŸা āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ি (āĻĻেāĻ°ীāĻ¤ে āĻŦিā§Ÿে āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻŦা āĻĻেāĻ°ীāĻ¤ে āĻŦাāĻš্āĻšা āĻ¨িā§Ÿে) āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ­ুāĻ˛ āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻ°াāĻ“ āĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°ে। 

”āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¯ে āĻœেāĻ¨াāĻ°েāĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒ, āĻ¸েāĻŸা āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¨াāĻ¤িāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¨া āĻĨাāĻ•ে।” (āĻāĻ‡ āĻŸ্āĻ¯াāĻ— āĻ˛াāĻ‡āĻ¨ে āĻĻাāĻ°ুāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸা āĻŸিāĻ­িāĻ¸িāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ˛āĻŸ āĻŽাāĻĨাā§Ÿ āĻāĻ¸েāĻ›ে!😎 )

āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻ…āĻ˛āĻ°েāĻĄি āĻ¯াāĻ°া āĻŦেāĻļী āĻ—্āĻ¯াāĻĒে āĻŦাāĻš্āĻšা āĻĢুāĻŸিā§Ÿে āĻĢেāĻ˛েāĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŖীā§Ÿ āĻ•ি?

āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŖীā§ŸāĻ“ āĻ‡āĻ¤িāĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŽāĻ¨োāĻŦিāĻœ্āĻžাāĻ¨ী āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻœāĻŦিāĻœ্āĻžাāĻ¨ীāĻ°া āĻ˛িāĻ–ে āĻ—েāĻ›েāĻ¨। āĻŽাāĻ¨āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ˛ে āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ•াāĻ° āĻĒাāĻŦেāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦাāĻŦāĻ•āĻĻেāĻ° āĻ­েāĻ¤āĻ° āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ¸্āĻĒাāĻ°িāĻ• āĻŦোāĻাāĻĒā§œা āĻŦাā§œāĻŦে āĻŦৈ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŦে āĻ¨া। (āĻ•āĻŽেāĻ¨্āĻŸে āĻ˛িংāĻ•)।


6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
By Vaishnavi Nagaraj - Updated: October 16, 2019


In this Article
What Is A Generation Gap?
Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
The ages between parents and their children are often large enough that they experienced their most impressionable years during a different culture than each other. Adolescence is often the time when people are most influenced by society around them and as our world keeps developing and changing, things rarely stay the same, causing generation gaps between parents and their children.

What Is A Generation Gap?
Since time is ever moving forward and change is inevitable, the values, tastes and outlook on life are different with each generation. It is this difference that is called a generation gap. This often causes a lack of communication and understanding between the two generations since their view of the world was coloured by how society functioned during their adolescence.

Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
Here are a few causes of generation gap between parents and child:

1. Lack Of Understanding
Different generations sometimes seem to speak a different language. Due to the changes in society from when parents were growing up, to how it is in the time of their children, even their way of thinking and what they deem to be normal tends to be different.

2. Mistakes Are Rarely Tolerated
Parents often do not tolerate mistakes and tend to tell their children off. Children need to make mistakes to learn and grow in life, but if they only get punished for it, it widens the gap and creates a lack of proper communication.

3. Children Are Expected To Be Replicas
Parents often have dreams for their kids, and a lot of the time tends to force them in that direction without taking into consideration what their child wants.

4. Too Many Comparisons
Comparing children to each other or even to how you were as a child is another reason the gap becomes wide. This often causes them to lose confidence in themselves and can destroy any enthusiasm they may have previously had.

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6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
By Vaishnavi Nagaraj - Updated: October 16, 2019
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6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
In this Article
What Is A Generation Gap?
Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
The ages between parents and their children are often large enough that they experienced their most impressionable years during a different culture than each other. Adolescence is often the time when people are most influenced by society around them and as our world keeps developing and changing, things rarely stay the same, causing generation gaps between parents and their children.

What Is A Generation Gap?
Since time is ever moving forward and change is inevitable, the values, tastes and outlook on life are different with each generation. It is this difference that is called a generation gap. This often causes a lack of communication and understanding between the two generations since their view of the world was coloured by how society functioned during their adolescence.

Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
Here are a few causes of generation gap between parents and child:

1. Lack Of Understanding
Different generations sometimes seem to speak a different language. Due to the changes in society from when parents were growing up, to how it is in the time of their children, even their way of thinking and what they deem to be normal tends to be different.

2. Mistakes Are Rarely Tolerated
Parents often do not tolerate mistakes and tend to tell their children off. Children need to make mistakes to learn and grow in life, but if they only get punished for it, it widens the gap and creates a lack of proper communication.

3. Children Are Expected To Be Replicas
Parents often have dreams for their kids, and a lot of the time tends to force them in that direction without taking into consideration what their child wants.

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4. Too Many Comparisons
Comparing children to each other or even to how you were as a child is another reason the gap becomes wide. This often causes them to lose confidence in themselves and can destroy any enthusiasm they may have previously had.

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5. Not Enough Interaction
Due to the responsibilities of being an adult and the stress that comes from work life, parents often find themselves too tired to spend enough time with their kids every day. This causes a lack of communication and interaction that widens the generation gap.

How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
Here are a few tips to help bridge the generation gap between parents and their children:

1. Keep An Open Mind
The way that kids think is different from how parents do. Parents often feel like because they have already been the age their child is currently, that they understand how their child thinks. The truth is, the world and way of life was different then than it is now and their mind-set will be very different and can also be shocking for some parents. This is why keeping an open mind and not assuming that they must be just like you were at their age is very important. You must also understand that there are some things that are acceptable in society and therefore acceptable to your child that may not have been acceptable when you were the same age. It is especially in those areas where parents need to try and keep an open mind so they can better understand their children.



2. Communicate
Making the time to communicate with your kids every day is very important. The simple act of talking about each other’s day at the end of the day can help you get to know each other and make it easier to speak freely around the other. Children need to know they can approach their parents with anything, something that can ultimately give parents peace of mind since they do not need to worry about their children hiding things that are important.

3. Listen
Parents need to allow their kids time to talk without interruption and listen to what they have to say. Learning your child’s thoughts and opinions makes them feel like what they want or feel matters to you, which in turn makes them feel much closer to you than before. Having a parent who listens as well instead of only talks and lectures will give your child more encouragement to listen to you in return.

4. Understand
With listening comes understanding and this means that you have to learn to put yourself in your child’s shoes and trying to understand how they feel and what they want from what they tell you. If you are able to understand where your child is coming from, you will be able to close that generation gap to some extent.

5. Unconditional Love
Love has a way of crossing boundaries and bringing people together if acted upon. So show your children how much you love them. This unconditional love and support that they get from you is very encouraging and makes children more inclined to show that same love and understanding back.

6. Compromise
People can disagree on things, no matter how close to each other they are. Parents and children are no different; however, rather than forcing them into your way of thinking or forcing them to do what you want them to do when they don’t want to, learn to compromise when possible. There are times when you need to put your foot down with your children, but coming to a compromise instead of dictating their every move will make them closer to you and make that generation gap a little smaller.


This article on generation gap between parents and child is just what you need if you have been struggling to have a better relationship with your child. Remember that it is important to understand that they have their own thoughts and opinions and being patient and loving will help to close the generation gap that causes distance between parent and child.