You’ve always (1)brought up

your children to come to you when they're in trouble. You feel it’s your job to

(2)look after them when

they’re having problems. But now, as your

children are (3)grow up,

they often don’t want to share their problems with you. That's perfectly normal, so don’t worry! Of course, you want to

(4)get on well with your

children, but that means you have to give them some freedom.

Maybe they’ve (5)fallen out

with their best friend and feel upset and angry.

Maybe they’ve just (6)split

up with the boyfriend or girlfriend they’ve been

(7)going out with. Maybe

they've been (8)let down

by a friend who they trusted. Teenagers go through all these problems. If they want to talk to you about it, then that’s fine. But if they don’t, don’t force them. They’ll come to you when they’re ready.