Growing up, I was very hardheaded7 and I thought I knew it all. My parents would tell me things and I would get so mad8 when they turned out9 to be right— and they were always right. They knew everything I did. Kids think parents don't know what they do, but in fact, parents know everything.
If I went out or stayed out too late, I would come back and my parents could just tell. When I was younger, I used to sneak out10 and go to clubs and I wasn't supposed to be going to a club because I was in high school. I would come back smelling like smoke and expect my parents not to know where I was. But they could totally11 tell. They would ask, “Where have you been?” And I would say, “Oh, nowhere. Just at a friend's house.” They seemed like they believed me, saying “Whatever, OK.” But the next day, they would say, “We know where you were.” I meant they know everything.
Even now when I'm on the road12, my parents know everything I do. I call them all the time, but they know exactly what I'm doing. They can tell what I've done by the way I act. They have instincts13 that are amazing14. My mom— I'll want to do something and she'll say, “I don't think that's good. I don't trust that person.” And I'll say to her, “What are you talking about?” A few months later, it turns out she was so right and I should have listened to her. I've learned just to go with my parents' instinct and just trust them, even if it doesn't seem right at the time.
Kids just have to trust their parents. Kids don't think their parents are smart15. They don't think they understand what's going on with them or that they could ever have experienced the same things they're going through because they're so much older. Kids today think it was much different when their parents were young, but there was a lot that was the same. They went through the same troubles, the same type of situations you're going through as you're growing up.
You should listen to them. They can pull you through16 a lot of things, relationship problems and things you go through17 as you grow up.
I'm pretty much open with my parents about everything. They're really my best friends, I can tell them anything and know that they will still love me and give me the best advice they can. They'll respect me no matter what I do.
Your parents and your family are the only ones who will unconditionally18 love you. They will do whatever it takes to help you out19 in any way. After so many years with my family, I come to know that my family are the only people I know I can trust and won't take advantage of20 me. They always do everything they can to help me out.
在我成长的过程中，我非常固执，自认为无所不知。我的父母总是对我谆谆教诲，当结果证明他们所说的话全是真理的时候，我会变得很生气—— 他们似乎总是对的。我所做的一切他们都知道。孩子们往往以为父母不知道他们的所作所为，但实际上，父母什么都知道。
如果我外出，或者回家很晚，回来的时候我父母总是知道我干什么去了。我稍年轻的时候，我常常偷偷溜出去到夜总会玩，我是不应该去那些地方的，因为我还在念高中。我回来的时候浑身是烟味，以为父母不知道我去了哪儿，但他们完全清楚。他们会问，“你去哪儿了？”我会回答说，“喔，那儿也没去，只在朋友家玩玩。”他们似乎相信我，说，“那样就好！”但第二天，他们会说，“我们知道你上哪儿了。”我是说他们什么都知道。
就是现在，我在外面四处演出的时候，我的父母也知道我所做的一切。我总是同他们保持电话联系，但他们准确地知道我在干什么，他们通过我的行为就能分辨出我曾干了什么，他们的直觉令人惊讶。我妈妈——我要做件事的时候，她会说，“我认为那不好，我不信任那个人。”而我会说，“你在说什么呀？”几个月后，事实证明她是对的，我本该听她的话。我已经学会顺应父母的直觉，去信任他们——即使当时看起来不那么正确。
孩子应该信任他们的父母，可孩子们总是认为父母不够精明。他们觉得父母不能理解他们的行为，认为父母没有经历过类似的事情，因为他们太老“土”了。今天的孩子认为父母年轻时的情况同现在完全不同。但实际上，二者有许多共同的地方。他们也曾经历过相同的烦恼，走过同样的成长历程。
你应该听父母的话，他们能帮你处理很多的难题，帮你处理人际关系和成长过程中必须面对的许多问题。
一切事情我都会坦率地对父母讲，他们的确是我最好的朋友。我把一切告诉他们，我知道他们依然会爱我，会给我最好的建议。我无论做什么，他们都会尊重我的选择。
你的父母、你的家人是惟一无条件爱你的人，他们会不惜一切来帮你克服困难。经过那么多年的风风雨雨，我最终了解到我的家人是我惟一能够信任、不会算计我的人，他们会永远不遗余力地帮我克服人生的重重险阻。
1． conflict n．冲突
2． summarize] v．归纳、概括
3． term n．术语
4． generation gap n．代沟
5． account n．叙述
6． Lance Bass兰斯·巴斯，美国超级男孩 （＇NSYNC）乐队成员之一，原名JamesLansten Bass, 1979年5月4日出生。
7． hardheaded adj．固执的
8． mad adj．生气的
9． turn out v．后来证明
10．sneak out 偷偷外出
11．totally adv．完全
12．on the road 在旅途中
13．instinct n．本能、直觉
14．amazing adj．令人惊讶的
15．smart adj．聪明的
16．pull you through 帮你解决
17．go through 经历
18．unconditionally adv．无条件地
19．help．．． out 帮助……克服困难
20．take advantage of 利用