Psychology Today | 07.02.2026 23:13
This is a quandary that most parents face. Parents want, of course, to be close with their teens and tweens, but are frequently perplexed about the best way to go about this. Many hope that being friends with their kids will foster closeness and a tighter bond, but this is not what the kids want. Session after session, I listen to both the teens and preteens talk about the embarrassment and frustration they feel when their parents try to be their friends.
