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This week: Bird Watching, Snapchat Posting, and Ruthlessly Eliminating Hurry

Parents are often asking for genuine advice on what to do for their teen that is struggling or going through a difficult season. If you’re a parent of a teen, it’s only a matter of time before your son or daughter experiences disappointment, loss, or gets hurt. Whether it’s not making the team they worked so hard for, breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, or not getting the exact outcome they had hoped for, as parents, our hearts hurt with them, and we want to make that hurt stop as soon as possible! But please consider these three immediate steps when your teen is hurting.

Use this guide as a reference for what’s widely popular right now in order to translate what teens are saying! And teen slang changes fast, so we add updates regularly—feel free to check back in!

Parents, here are some after school conversation starters you can use to engage with your kids!