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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I remember feeling the way you do!  Now, many years later, our kids are in HS and college, and I really enjoy talking with their friends.  I agree completely with the HS teacher who posted to say that teens love to talk.  Some suggestions for topics to pursue: sports or other activities you know they enjoy, movies or TV shows, current events, travel, pets.  You can even talk about school in an open-ended way, e.g., "So, how do you like 9th-grade?", but not "Is the high school good?" or "Where are you applying to college?".  Bottom line: be friendly and don't interview them; give them time to answer and really listen to them.  My guess is they will respond positively.  Now that my older 2 kids are in college, I've noticed that when they return home on breaks, they're always genuinely pleased to see adult neighbors, friends from church, folks who have hired them to babysit or care for pets and other adults who have shown an interest in them during their high-school years.   [/quote]

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