E. WRITING

1. Young people want love, support, encouragement, nurture, and attention from their parents.

2. Teenagers need “helpful attention” rather than protective attention.

3. Helpful attention means parents are interested in who the children are and what they do.

4. Parents try to listen to their children although it is sometimes inconvenient.

5. Parents encourage children to learn from their mistakes rather than show them how to do it.

6. Teenagers would like to be on their mobile phones or computers playing games or communicating with their friends.

7. They also want to spend time together with their parents.

8. They spend time sitting around the table, having dinner, watching TV as a family, or going out with the parents.

9. Teenagers tend to make their own decisions although they do not have much experience.

10. Parents share their experiences with their children so that they do not make wrong decisions.