Bonding With Your Teenage Daughter

Are you tired of competing with your daughter'sor drawer pulls for her closet door. Pick out wacky
friends, the TV, cell phone and stereo? Are you lookingpaint colors and come up with color schemes that
for fresh new ideas of how to break through thatmatch her style or her bedding. Decorating a matching
tough teenage shell and bond with your daughter?switch plate for her closet light is also a fun little side
Here is a fun idea. If you don't have a lot of money orproject.
time to redecorate her whole room, consider justGet inspired by decorations that she's already put up in
focusing on one small area. Redecorating her closet isher room. Encourage her to display special photos,
a small project that isn't quite as daunting as a full-onartwork, letters or other memorabilia inside or outside
room make-over. The closet is a unique place to startof the closet door. This is a great time to open up
and is sure to get her attention. Collaborating with yourthose communication lines and find out a little about her
daughter to come up with fun ideas opens up thoseillusive life. Get her to tell you why certain items are
lines of communication that are so often shut downimportant to her. Her tales might give you ideas for a
with teenagers.closet theme, such as soccer, ballet, or music. Keep
If you've got an especially stubborn girl on your hands,the closeness alive by being only supportive and
you might want to start with a gift to get her creativenon-judgmental. Offer constructive criticism if you must,
juices flowing. Buy her some glam hangers andbut make sure that you don't slip into an argument. Her
present them with the idea. Glam hangers are hangersideas are the ones that should ultimately end up being
decorated with beads that come in a variety of stylesthe ones displayed. That is, of course, unless your idea
and colors. Much more stylish than that array of boringhappened to be the one that she liked. As shocking as
mismatched hangers that she has now. Using glamthis may be, it could happen. Bribe her with a special
hangers helps her express her originality by adding asleep-over if she loses interest or doesn't want to
touch of glamour to her closet. Her clothes will befinish.
displayed in a unique way. Who knows, she mightThere's nothing quite like watching your daughter's
even be encouraged to keep that closet organized.creativity blossom while you bond with her. Teaching
There are styles that clip up pants and skirts to keepher that work can be fun and rewarding is important
from wrinkling clothes and bulking up the closet space.as well. The finished product should give you both
Now that the main part of the closet is dressed up,something to talk and laugh about for years to come.
you can move on to more creative concepts. Doing aMaybe the next time she's on that cell phone she'll be
creative project together will help you have funbragging about how cool her Mom is.
together and bond. Go shopping for unique door knobs