14 Phrases To Use With Your Teen That Will Transform Your Relationship

“By showing genuine interest in their opinions, you validate their growing sense of individuality and promote open communication,” one therapist said of communicating with teens.

Maybe you’re in the throes of parenting a teenager, or you remember (probably less than fondly) what it’s like to be a teenager yourself. Whatever the case, you know that the teenager-parent relationship is typically a fraught one. 

“Teenagers are individuating at this age,” Avigail Lev, a psychologist and the founder and director of Bay Area CBT Center...