Should I tell my parents if our relationship feels more strained

Question

I have always been really open with my parents and they have been honest with me (about things like alcohol, drugs, and s*x). So this summer I went abroad and experimented a little bit with alcohol, when I got back I told them and now I kind of feel a little gap in our relationship nothing huge but more suspicion. I am a teenager and i know i will experiment in the future, but now I feel awkward telling them things. I still want to be open but how open should I be?

Answer 1

thats great

if u can tell them

do it

i cant tell my parents anything

i love them but we cant share

im jelious  

Answer 2

You are one of the  lucky ones. You are lucky because you have good communication  with your parents, SOOOO many teens don't . They  have  probably just thought "OMG, our baby's growing up...what do we do?" From time to time you are going to do dumb things and things  you may regret later, and unless they  lived under a rock  they did  dumb things too it's called growing up. I would go to them and say " Look I 'm sensing a  bit of  strain between us since I told you about ______", I think it's really great that I  CAN  talk to you about this stuff and I don't want that to change. What can I do to make this better?" and see how  you go. They will probably be very grateful that you  brought the subject up.

Answer 3

I admire your honesty and relationship with your parents and you should try really hard to keep it that way.  Being honest is a great quality no matter what.  Let them know how you feel and that you really didn't want to hurt them with what you told them but you just didn't want to feel like you were hiding something from them.  Listen to their responses and give your knowledge of the responsibilities of drinking such as don't drink and drive etc. and of course the legal age to drink.  I'm hoping you realize after you have experimented that its not the big deal that its made out to be; you have plenty of time to experiment when your of age and meanwhile take a big burden off your parents by letting them know your smarter than that.  To me you seem like your a pretty responsible person do the right thing and take care!

Answer 4

Just be like i got drunk when i went to ____

but i don't want to do it again.

Answer 5

let them know how you are feeling right now.

you've always felt comfortable telling them everything and they should be happy that you are that open with them

Answer 6

what do you mean you will be experimenting in the future??????? i am 20 years old and have NEVER tried any drugs! maybe if your admitting that. they have a reason not to trust you.

p.s. you need a stronger will and avoid peer pressure!