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ig COOPERATIVE EXTENSION UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PAiWNT FffPlWkSS A MONTH-BY-MONTH NEWSLETTER FOR YOU AND YOUR BABY 8 MONT.HS OLD WAYS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR - TEENAGE PARENTS - If you are a teenage parent, chances are you're living at home with your family. Sometimes prob- lems come up because you're a mother to your child,and still a child to your own parents.Being a mother and a daughter—at the same time, in the same household—can be hard for both you and your parents. Does your mother sometimes act like the baby is hers,not yours?Does she keep telling you she knows what's best? �- Do you resent still being treated like a child? And yet do you wish at times that your mother would take over so you could be like your friends? j And what about dating? Do your Dear Parents,, parents get all tense at the idea of you going out? Remember that it This is the age of curiosity' may be hard for them to tell you • their worries. For example, they Imagine that you are 8 months old. You try to talk but no one may be afraid that you'll get preg- seems to understand your language. You try to walk but you're nant again. not quite sure how to do it yet. You reach out to touch things that Here are some ideas that may help are shiny, soft, hard, smooth, or sticky but everyone tells you you get along better with your par- ents: "NO-NO—DON'T TOUCH." How would you feel? A little frus- trated,you can bet!Well, that's how your baby feels at this age. He . Try to talk out your feelings is very curious and wants to find out about all the fascinating calmly and patiently. things that surround him. • Try to listen to your parents' reasons and fears and under- stand why they feel the way OPEN UP THE WORLD TO HIM.LOVINGLYAND SAFELY they do. GUIDE HIM WHILE- HE EXAMINES, EXPLORES, AND • Try to show by the way you act SATISFIES HIS CURIOSITY. that you are a responsible per- son,