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Greatsharkbite
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09 Sep 2011, 11:34 am

How much time did you spend with your parents during your teenage years?

Also how well did you guys get along?

I probably spent maybe..30 minutes a day talking to my mom on a normal day. On really bad days.. I wouldn't even see her or talk to her even if we were both home all day.

Also how much time do you think is appropriate to spend with your parents during your teenage years? Is there a set limit? Is life too short and is every moment spent with them a blessing? (Assuming a good relationship)

Any responses appreciated.



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09 Sep 2011, 10:46 pm

Between 30min to an hour a day with my mom, and about the same with my dad. This is excluding road trips and things like that.


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10 Sep 2011, 7:52 am

Probably spent too much time around my parents, for their own goods as well as mine.

My mother had no idea what was in store when she got married. My father ... is a profoundly insufficient human being.

It took a long time for them to realize that the best way to raise my sister and myself given their lack of gifts in parenting was to leave us alone.



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10 Sep 2011, 11:57 am

Guess that isn't too bad, most of the time I spent with my mom was actually initiated by her normally in the form of the usual.. a lecture or her nagging me about something.

Was just wondering if it was me and if it was uncommon that I didn't spend more time with her. (Once again, didn't get along)

Dad was not a factor in my life.



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11 Sep 2011, 5:01 am

My parents probably tried to be more involved with me when I was younger. The problem was they wanted to force me to do things they liked and they never wanted to do things that I liked.

Eventually they gave up. The end.

If you want to be more involved with your familiar you can ask them to go do something for you. E.g. 'maybe we could go to a restaurant' or 'maybe we could go do this or that'. Doesn't really matter. Whatever you think you'll have a decent time doing.

There's no set amount of time you should spend with people. The rest of my family spends quite a bit of time watching tv together at night, if you think that counts.

If you try to show an interest in them they'll probably pick up on that.