They don’t want to talk to you.

At family dinner, they’re on their phones, not much eye contact or they’ll bark one-word answers, possibly roll their eyes at you and scoff every time you make a comment.

They eat your food and then leave.

Or maybe they even ran away from home and don’t even talk to you.

You didn’t raise your son or daughter to be so disrespectful.

You’re an elder and why can’t they respect your wisdom.

You’re doling out unsolicited advice left, right and centre, and your kid just won’t listen to you.

I mean obviously, you know what’s best for them.

You raised them, you fed them, you uprooted your entire life from your home country so they could have a better life than you.

And your kids are just ungrateful, spoiled little North American brats who didn’t suffer through what you suffered through back home.

In order to start having a relationship with your kid, I want you to listen to me very carefully.