Unit Two Chapter 7: Relating to Parents

Final Check

Question

As I look back at my relationship with my parents, I realize that we have gone through an interesting cycle together. When I was a kid, my parents were everything to me—the smartest, most interesting, most loving people in the world. But when I turned 13, there was a change—I suddenly developed a very (1)concedeconservativecontrarydenouncedeterdisclosescapegoatsuperficialsustaintransition view of them. I thought they were unreasonably strict. While I loved everything new in music, hairstyles, and clothes, they seemed boringly (2)concedeconservativecontrarydenouncedeterdisclosescapegoatsuperficialsustaintransition, wanting everything to remain the same. Our conversations, which used to be so deep and satisfying, became (3)concedeconservativecontrarydenouncedeterdisclosescapegoatsuperficialsustaintransition chats. I felt as if I had nothing to say to them anymore. If we (4)concededconservativecontrarydenounceddeterreddisclosedscapegoatsuperficialsustainedtransition a conversation for any length of time, I quickly lost patience with what I considered their silly, old-fashioned ideas. To my friends, I often (5)concededconservativecontrarydenounceddeterreddisclosedscapegoatsuperficialsustainedtransition them as hopelessly out of touch with the modern world.

But now, as I’m making the (6)concedeconservativecontrarydenouncedeterdisclosescapegoatsuperficialsustaintransition from my teen years to adulthood, I’ve had to (7)concedeconservativecontrarydenouncedeterdisclosescapegoatsuperficialsustaintransition that I was wrong. My parents are the same patient, loving, wise people they always were. I see that I used them as (8)concedeconservativecontrarydenouncedeterdisclosescapegoatsuperficialsustaintransitions for my own uncertainties and for problems I had caused myself. I assumed they had their own and would not listen to opinions different from their own. Now I know that I can (9)concedeconservativecontrarydenouncedeterdisclosescapegoatsuperficialsustaintransition my plans and dreams to them, and they will listen with respect. I hope I will never again let my own interests (10)concedeconservativecontrarydenouncedeterdisclosescapegoatsuperficialsustaintransition me from recognizing my parents’ genuine love and concern for me.