<p>This is an art I need to learn…how do you do it without involving blunt objects thrown at me by my mother?</p>
<p>Learn to evade.
JK. That sounds harsh. My parents don’t throw things at me. Maybe you should just explain to her to go verbal instead of physical. Ouch.
We settle things verbally.</p>
<p>Dont be a loser, do what your parents tell you, unless they are alcohol/drug addicts or have mental illnesses. Until you’re 18, parents are in charge, there’s no equality.</p>
<p>Most of my arguments and everything I say is reponded to with “I AM YOU PARENT I RAISED YOU. YOU DON’T CHALLENGE MY AUTHORITY. I KNOW MORE THAN YOU. yadda yadda yadda” they always think theyre right.</p>
<p>and what did you do for them? i’m pretty sure a lot less that what they did for you.</p>
<p>dima1109 I sincerely hope you aren’t in HS, all that maturity at this age will only lead to waste and you might turn out like my English teacher</p>
<p>btw my parents are just the kinda that think they know what they are talking about but then I unleash my ridiclous logic skills and show them otherwise</p>
<p>example:</p>
<p>me - Mom, I need the car so I can go buy some creatine
mom - what is that like STEROIDS, I dont care if you want to become a bodybuilder you will not do steroids
me - mom steroids are organic, creatine is an energy source for muscle contraction, steroids are testosterone hormones, they are way different.
mom - ‘ignoring me’ …and you can go to jail and they will fine us and then whos gonna pay for college HUH?
me - I will?
mom - oh now you backanswer first u ask for drugs and then u back answer, to your room now
me - mom creatine isn’t a drug it’s an protein derivitive & amino acid
mom - go sell your $6 words to your Dad
me - <em>walks to mall and buys creatine</em></p>
<p>rofl that’s our daily exchange kinda funny</p>
<p>not to be arrogant, but im usually right when i argue with my parents. mainly because i dont argue unless its clearly evident that im right…however instead of letting me explain myself they write off everything i say as “talking back”.</p>
<p>If Family Guy has taught us nothing else, at least take away from it that Peter Griffin is a ****ing idiot.</p>
<p>I don’t know how to argue with my parents. And I’m not exactly the model Asian most people take me for. (Even though I do have almost straight A’s with a few A-'s littered here and there.)</p>
<p>So learn to argue. But not from me.</p>
<p>sarcasm’tis an important skill, no doubt</p>
<p>My advice… dont argue with them…
although its impossible to follow…</p>
<p>but sometimes i really wish i didnt argue with them…</p>
<p>I ignore them and turn on my iPod.</p>
<p>I do that too! I love my iPod.</p>
<p>Don’t do it! I don’t, since I always lose anyway. Suck it up and wait until college. One more year, babyyy.</p>
<p>PRISM, i would stay away from creatine, two friends of mine used creatine for a few months got really bulky and built up alot of muscle then all of a sudden the muscle turned into fat, and instead of looking muscular they looked really fat.</p>
<p>call child support</p>
<p>^ Haha, my mom said, “If you ever call child support / child abuse, you officially do not belong in this family anymore.” Wow, so much for the love.
Same here. Name calling is prohibited. My mom would start throwing things at me.</p>
<p>I totally agree. I only agree when I have a strong point and I know I’m right (not to be arrogant either) and then they start “You’re talking back. I raised you. Yadda yadda all over again”</p>
<p>I dont even name call. It seems like just when I start making a valid point they tell me to go to my room, like they dont wanna be proven wrong. its kind of funny…well not at the time.</p>
<p>how to argue with parents? don’t. just don’t argue with them. parents want control, i don’t blame them. i usually try to stay as quiet as possible when they get mad. why bother getting them even angrier than they are–they aren’t going to listen to you anyway, even if you’re right. so just hold it in. parents are obsessed with not being treated as equals…so don’t push it.
parents can get pretty emotionally/verbally abusive when it comes to yelling, so there’s no incentive to turn a scolding into an argument.</p>
<p>my family also has a pretty annoying idea of family honor. meaning, i can’t complain to others or i’ll get in big trouble about spreading stuff about my family that other people would “misunderstand” (which basically means, other people will recognize it as abuse).</p>
<p>a good response to all this crap is just to repeat this mantra in your head: “i’m going to college in a year [or a few years]. this is all going to be ancient history then.”</p>