It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to (631) _______ them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are old-fashioned, possessive and dominant; (632) _______ to deal with obstacles; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no (633) _______ of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage ...

It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to (631) _______ them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are old-fashioned, possessive and dominant; (632) _______ to deal with obstacles; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no (633) _______ of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when they were young.

Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or (634) _______, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.

If you plan (635) _______ your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want, and impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.