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<p>YES. PREACH. that is 100% true. I’m a teenager and I tell my mom everything. She might get mad from time to time but its never too major or explosive. I know she’ll always help me work through my problems and still love me. And I know the reason I feel so comfortable going to her is because we have a good relationship and talk often even when I don’t have a problem. Now, my dad is a different story. I wouldn’t talk to him if he was the last man on earth. He hates having his stance challenged. He’ll raise his voice and start swearing. Everything is an argument when we talk so I just stopped trying to talk to him and avoid him as much as possible. I haven’t had a functional conversation with him in years. Moral of the story: if you make yourself easy to talk to, your kids probably will. If you not, they’ll go elsewhere.</p>