Hi @karina77, have you considered asking for an appointment with a social worker for you together with your parents? They can help bridge communications between family members. I had the opportunity to do that with my daughter and a therapist. My daughter (15) and I both felt that the other wasn't understanding (or respecting) the other's point of view. Somehow it just helped having someone repeat back our words, making each of us feel acknowledged. It was also helpful to have this discussion outside of the house where there are worn patterns of communication and the conversations were usually happening amid many other things going on. For us, it only took one session with a therapist to just feel heard and to adjust how we talked and gave us more space to respect each others point of view a bit better.

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