My family and friends. Society and teenagers

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Sometimes, parents hurt their teenage children's feelings by making jokes about their appearance. They also tend to pay little attention to teenage worries and think of them as being silly. Your daughter may be convinced that her nose looks awful and that plastic surgery is the only solution, even though everybody else fails to notice the problem. By trying to explain that other people do not normally pay as much attention to our physical features as we do ourselves, we can help teenagers feel better about themselves and become more confident.

Teenagers also tend to avoid doing things they don't like, especially helping around the house. They are likely to try to get out of doing housework - and certainly don't respond well to orders. The more you discuss the type of housework your teenage son or daughter might not mind doing, the better. He or she, for example, may be happy to go to the supermarket, but hate the idea of doing the washing-up.

It also works better if your children can, at least to some degree, do things in their own way and time. This might seem annoying, but if all you do is order them around, you can be sure that next time they will not do a thing.

Always thank your children for their effort; and if they do something that's more than just a simple job, such as decorating, you might want to pay them.

1. What does the text say about teenagers?

2. What does the writer advise parents to do?

3. When it comes to housework, what do most teenagers do?