{"id":334990,"date":"2017-03-10T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T08:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/deal-emotionally-distant-teen-334990.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T06:51:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T22:51:48","slug":"deal-emotionally-distant-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/parenting-hk\/parenting-tips-hk\/deal-emotionally-distant-teen-334990.html","title":{"rendered":"How to deal with your emotionally distant teen"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>As high as the mountains of your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/parenting\/family-matters\/7-things-kids-really-want-from-parents-225009.html\">parenting guides<\/a> and books are, probably nothing can completely prepare you for the \u201cdark days\u201d. As your child enters adolescence, they may gradually step into an engulfing cloud of silence and mood swings. With the onset of closed doors or violent arguments, you may start to wonder where your child has gone. Although it seems like your child wants nothing to do with this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/parenting\/family-matters\/family-bonding-dinner-231771.html\">family<\/a>, remember that he is struggling in his suffocating bubble of hormones and unpredictable emotions.<\/p> <p>But, fret not. Help is on the way! We\u2019ve gathered together 5 useful pieces of advice to help you combat the Cold War with your child.<\/p> <p><em>Lim Han<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>Read More:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/parenting\/parenting-tips\/manage-child-anger-232849.html\">Little Tantrums: 5 Ways you can manage your child's anger<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/parenting\/family-matters\/parents-addicted-smartphone-harm-kids-224856.html\">Parents addicted to smartphone use can cause harmful consequences to kids<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your precious baby not so 'baby' anymore?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":693,"featured_media":234985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_is_translated":false,"_source_post_url":"","is_displayed_in_hp":false,"displayed_in_hp_after_update":false,"is_thumb_featured":false,"template_without_diapo":"","enable_bloc_resume":false,"bloc_resume_post":[],"ctc_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16992,9791,16864,16985],"tags":[19151,1634255,8849,3956,10327],"class_list":["post-334990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-matters-hk","category-galerie","category-galerie-hk","category-parenting-tips-hk","tag-adolescence","tag-has_diapo","tag-parenting","tag-teenager","tag-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to deal with your emotionally distant teen - Marie France Asia, women&#039;s magazine - Hong Kong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to deal with your emotionally distant teen - Marie France Asia, women&#039;s magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is your precious baby not so &#039;baby&#039; 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