Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers．（16）C According to a recent research，the most common argument between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks．（17）A On the other hand，teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for dropping the towel in the bathroom，not cleaning up their room．
The research，conducted by St．George University，shows that different parents have different approaches to these problems．（18）E For example，those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness，but later clean the room for them，have fewer chances of changing their children's behavior．On the contrary，those who let teenagers experience the thrills of their actions can do better．（19）F Parents should talk to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to say．（20）D It is only by listening to and understanding each other that problems between parents and children can be settled．
A．On the one hand，parents go mad over messy rooms．
B．There are many reasons for this．
C．Then again，teenagers have similar feelings about their parents．
D．Communication is a two-way process．
E．However，some approaches are more successful than others．
F．Psychologists say that communication is the most important thing in parent-child relationships．
G．It is better for children and parents to understand each other．
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