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Communication Tips for Teens:
Our tutorials make a distinction between communicating and talking. We define communication by its result; "I know communication has taken place when I've manifested my stated intention and all concerned feel good upon completion." —Kerry (Leadership-Relationship Communication-Skills Coach)

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  1. If you find yourself uncomfortable interacting with the opposite sex, then you are deceiving your parents about something; you are withholding one or more significant thoughts from your parents—there are no exceptions to this phenomenon.

  2. If you find yourself hiding thoughts from your parents, it's not your fault; you are mirroring their addiction to withholding thoughts from you and from each other.

  3. A way to cause your parents to continually abuse each other is for you to remain silent; a way to make a positive difference is to ask, "What's going on with you two?" Or, "You do know that it doesn't feel good to hear you yell at each other?"

  4. Conning a date into deceiving both sets of parents so as to have sex behind their backs is not love, it's premeditated abuse; it causes (yes causes) undesirable karma. BTW: There is no such thing as an "accidental" pregnancy.

  5. The majority of parents withhold certain thoughts from each other—such deceits automatically, non-verbally, train a child to withhold thoughts of choice from their parents.

  6. Lots of angry outbursts and uncomfortable silence around the house reveals that your parents have become stuck in irresponsible blaming; both are withholding specific thoughts from each other. There are no exceptions to this phenomenon. "What's going on? You two look upset." is a great way to get them to open up; you become cause for restoring everyone's integrity.

  7. A sure-fire way to transform your relationship with your parents is to ask each to share their teen perpetrations with you—it's virtually impossible for you to be as "good" as you've been led to believe your parents were when they were teens.

  8. The prerequisite for all teens approaching dating age (before their first date) is to present to his/her parents a written list itemizing the major estimated costs (doctors, hospitals, food, clothing) of raising a child the first year, and, the costs through to age 18. Also, ask who the teen expects will pay for an "accidental" pregnancy.

  9. It's important to know that it's abusive of your parents to communicate abusively with each other, and then not clean it up (acknowledge the abuse) afterwards in front of you. For example: Father to mother, in front of you, "I get that what I said earlier didn't feel good."

  10. Conning a boy into repeatedly begging for sex is unethical; conning a boy into "accidentally" impregnating you is referred to as entrapment.

  11. A "No sex" communicated gets gotten and transforms the relationship. A "No sex" said, but not meant (not communicated), is a lie, for which there are always undesirable consequences.

  12. A lie (or deceit between you and your parents) creates undesirable consequences—such as, difficulty comprehending or remembering what you just read when studying.

  13. Teens thinking about having sex must share such thoughts with both sets of parents, else the professed love is not love.

  14. Love cannot exist in a space occupied by deception. Such "love" is referred to an "imitation of love" the result of doing one's imitation of communication.

  15. An "accidental" teen pregnancy is eventually discovered to have been intentional—a consequence of an unacknowledged perpetration, a deceit—there are no exceptions.

  16. If you con a boy into impregnating you you'll have revealed your addiction to deceiving and to being deceived. There are no "accidental" pregnancies.

  17. If, as a teen, you impregnate a girl you will have revealed, no matter what you say or believe, that you don't respect her; one doesn't risk the remote possibility of ruining a girl's chances of having a career to fall back on, except that respect is missing in the relationship. You wouldn't want someone to impregnate your teen sister.

  18. The prerequisite for all teens approaching driving age is to present to their parents a list of the expenses involved in having a vehicle—cost of the car, insurance, financing, the cost for tow trucks, the cost for a scratched fender, the cost to rent a car, and how much one loses when selling a car that's been in an accident (read about responsible lending and borrowing).

  19. If you hide things from your parents, if you lie to, or deceive them, you will automatically attract a partner who will deceive you—most always it's infidelity. There are no exceptions to this phenomenon. The negative karma for all lies and deceits, all abuses, can be transformed into positive karma through communication.

  20. To be a well-adjusted responsible person doesn't mean that you must not lie, steal or deceive; it means that you can be trusted to verbally acknowledge each and every perpetration to your parents, thereby disappearing the negative karma of unacknowledged perpetrations. Ask both parents to share their teen perpetrations with you—it's a conversation you'll remember for life.

  21. All teen sadness and unhappiness is caused by a teen addicted to blaming, one who refuses to talk with someone about what's bothering them. If you ain't happy there's no one to blame but yourself.

  22. You are more "woke" than most adults. You can see what’s going on around you better than most adults; you can see all the hypocrisies they non-verbally support.

  23. When your parents are grumpy and you haven’t heard them say nice things to each other for a few days they are non-verbally asking for your help. They are dramatizing one or more upsets between them. Both are withholding an equal number of significant thoughts from each other. There no exceptions to this phenomenon.

  24. Each and every unacknowledged perpetration (each lie, deception or abuse) that has not been verbally communicated to your parents affects everything you do—for life.

  25. As a teen you must know how much money your parents earn; you must know their debt-load (how much they owe); you must ask to see their checkbook so as to know how much they spend on rent, car, food, insurances, etc. You must know the maintenance/repair costs for everything. I.e. House needs new roof, car needs new tires. etc.. 
     

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Elaborations

abuse

acknowledging

about apologies

communication breakdown

entanglement

imitation of communication

incompletes

fidelity agreement

health conversations

perpetrations

spanking

wedding guest vow

withholds

The Clearing Process

The Clearing Process for Couples

 

". . . unacknowledged
perpetrations and
out-integrities
 are always being
 communicated
 non-verbally, they
 are always
 having an effect."

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