Speak Right to His Heart

It's not easy to deal with a teenager. And now i face that, it's my dear Fathur, the source of my concerns. He always tries his best to forget, ignore, even argue my order. Even though his IQ is high, it seems that it is quite difficult for him to understand my words. Is that because of the nature of rebellion in himself or because I fail to speak right to his heart?

Every time I ask him to do pray or to study, he says 'yes' first but forget it one minute after that. I do not want to quarrel with him; the last one was very hot and I promised not to have another one anymore. Anyway, he is so nice when we are talking about other matters such as football or people in our family. I do not want to lose the nice figure of him because of the difference between us.

I notice that he becomes so antipathy once we start talking about religion practice or school. Perhaps he sees them as burdens in his youthful life. He doesn't understand yet that not all in this world is pleasant and easy. Some contain of human tasks. You have to do that in order to be a better and responsible human. Every time I remind him about this, it seems I have put something heavy on his shoulder. Who can teach me how to speak so he is not antipathy anymore to the subjects i put forward?

That is not my intention to make his life difficult. I love him dearly. I pray that he can balance his life well, enjoy it as well as accept the task with pleasant and sincere heart. If i should change the way i speak, please tell me how? My dear, please open your heart so i can speak right to it.