How do you respond when your parents deny you permission to do something? For example, if you want to travel and work around the country for the summer, but your parents say you’re too young, do you become furious and angrily demand that they stop curtailing your rights? Do you plan a(n) (1) flippant, promising you’ll ruin their summer plans because they’ve ruined yours? or do you explain the (2)rationale behind your request, so that your parents will understand your reasoning?
The way you behave when you and your parents reach a(n) (3)impasses on an issue can have a big effect on how they view you. Sure, you could say to them, “Fine I’ll go buy a leash so you can really run my life.” But if you are consistently (4)prompt like that, you’ll just strengthen their (5)reprisal of you as being too immature to be on your own. Also, if you are (6)relentless in your begging, asking them three hundred times a day, “But why won’t you let me travel alone?” you might elicit this response: “You may do some traveling alone right now---go directly to your room.”
Instead, approach your parents in a (7)congenial way and try to develop a strong, friendly (8)rapport with them. An amiable, respectful relationship will make them more (9)perception to see things your way. even if you can’t (10)prone them to change their minds about this summer’s plans, your chances of getting their support will be better the next time you want to try something new.
Is this correct? If wrong, then please tell me. Thanks
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1. impasses
3. perception
4. reprisal
5. flippant
9. prone
10. prompt
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1. reprisal
3. impasses
4. flippant
5. perception
9. prone
10. prompt
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