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Can We Talk? Tips for Effective Communication with Teens

Discover helpful tips for initiating open communication with teenagers, including active listening, avoiding excessive criticism, and being sensitive to their feelings. Learn to discuss high-risk behaviors without confrontation and negotiate rather than argue. Encourage decision-making and set firm limits while respecting their privacy. Be available, promote asking for help, and assure confidentiality.

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Can We Talk? Tips for Effective Communication with Teens

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  1. Can We Talk? Someone has to make the first move, why not you?

  2. Tips for Talking to Teens • Encourage open communication early in children’s lives. • Listen attentively. • Avoid excessive criticism of a teen’s appearance or lifestyle choices. • Be sensitive to teenage feelings.

  3. Ask if someone the teen knows has experienced a particular problem to help open a discussion about high risk behavior without becoming personally confrontational. • Avoid power struggles; Negotiate rather than argue. • Avoid interrogative style conversations, but be direct whenever possible.

  4. Try to help with decision making instead of making judgments or lecturing. • Be firm in setting limits and don’t condone or ignore risk-taking behavior. • Respect privacy. • Be available. • Encourage teens to ask for help. • Assure confidentiality.

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