I am writting this blogg in respose to this podcast: http://www.andrewrobinsonsblog.com/?p=41 Andrew Robinson talks about how parents and adults have to act to engage with teenagers and strenghthen their relationship with teens. He talks about three components needed to forming a relationship with teens. He says the three biggest one are :
1. Connection
2. Time
3. Consistency
The connection he says can be made by remembering what you were like as a teen and that this helps you to connection with the teen because you have something in common. The next point was Time he says it important to spend time with teens and that spending time with them makes them comfortable, but he also says you got to answer the question of how you can spend more time with them and what you can do with that time. the third point was consistency basically he saying its good to have the connection and spend time with the teen, but you have to do it on a consistent basis.
My opinion about this podcast was that it was a home run because as a teenager I feel he has gotten to the root of why sometimes teens and their older counterparts have strains in their relationships. I feel that the three things he highlighted in this podcast are the most important because as a teenager if I know that i can relate to and adult or a parent and feel that they know where I am coming from I feel more open to share things with them. If I know that the connection is there then I would also be more open to spending time with that parent or adult. Finally i agree that consistency is key in the relationship becasue if that adult or parent is there for me all the time I can then count on them and trust them with more personal things and it is very very very important to have people like this in your life.
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