Your teenager comes home flat. You ask what happened and they say nothing. That can be the literal truth. Chris Coulter remembers when his daughter could name what upset her: a photo that only got forty-two likes. Today the pressure arrives in small pieces a teen can't explain. Here's why hunting for the incident backfires, and a better way to talk to your teenager about mental health.

Is your teenager lazy, or is something else going on? Chris Coulter looks at six behaviours parents often mistake for laziness, from procrastinating to doing the bare minimum to dropping activities they used to love. Practical ways to respond, what may sit underneath, and how to tell when your teen's behaviour is normal and when it's a change from the kid you know.

High-achieving teenagers are often the hardest to read. Their success becomes the reason parents stop asking hard questions. This post names the signals hiding behind good grades and offers better questions to ask before the mask breaks.