2006-07-27 15:05:46 · 24 answers · asked by Millicous 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
How are you answering? Are you respectful or defensive? Are you telling the truth or lying? Are you apologizing or making excuses. If you are respectful and honest, you parents should be listening to you, but if you are coming back at them with a big attitude, they might not consider that a real answer. You sound like you have an adversarial relationship with your parents. Try to find a time when they are not actively angry at you about something and see if you can talk to them about how all of you can communicate better.
2006-07-27 15:12:41 · answer #1 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you answering in a respectful manner? Think about that and look realistically at the way you answer your parents. If you are not being respectful then by all means do so. If you are being respectful then politely let your parents know that you want to answer them but they tell you to shut up. They may not realize this is what they are doing.
2006-07-27 22:10:23 · answer #2 · answered by papricka w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi has the correct answer; their angry and can't think straight.
Oh yeah, to Sara f 9, do you think that's a respectful way to talk about your parents? Shut up when I'm talking to you!!
2006-07-27 22:18:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shut Up!
2006-07-27 22:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by Bill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason they do everything else - because they are parents and they CAN. It'll be your turn one day. Sometimes it's a rhetorical question and they really don't want an answer..
2006-07-27 22:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by Sadie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they aren't interested in your answer.
To them, it seems that there's obviously no answer to their question. They ask it, expecting that your brain will churn for an answer, and then, when it finds none, realize that they were right.
It doesn't work.
Parents are sometimes right, but it's only a bad parent who assumes that their kid can't ever be right.
2006-07-27 23:27:58 · answer #6 · answered by hynkle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we become angry and frustrated because we are trying so hard to raise happy, healthy children. We don't want them to make mistakes and/or get hurt because we love them. WE are also humans and make mistakes even as parents! Hard as that is for us to admit, and we lose our tempers. It's not fair, we know it is not fair, we are trying our best (most of us anyway) but we will all to often fail to do what is best and kindest. Most often this is a gut reaction and hopefully we will fix things quickly.
2006-07-27 23:13:40 · answer #7 · answered by chocolate sundae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're only asking to hear what they want to hear. They want people to reaffirm their view point, and if you don't...you get "shut up". Nice to know these people are raising children. They're probably the same ones that yell at their kids for saying "shut up".
2006-07-27 22:15:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are mad and haven’t learned how to control their anger. They are also feeling too many frustrations at one time and chances are, you are just one of the stresses they are dealing with. They are probably dealing with work stress, money stress, relationship stress etc. and so when their child disappoints them, it’s another stress.
The best thing to do is just be quiet and let them vent.. get it out of their system and when they can talk rationally then approach them by saying something like. “I didn’t mean to make you feel that way.” “You must have been very upset.” Etc.
2006-07-27 22:12:07 · answer #9 · answered by Jennifer M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do parents talk about saving money and then go and spend it on stupid toys like new drapes for the bedroom or a boat when we live in Iowa?
2006-07-27 22:09:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋