By Gary Chapman
My Personal Takeaways →Gary Chapman adapts his five love languages framework specifically for the teenage years — a period when the parent-child relationship is most strained and most important. The five languages (words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, physical touch) express love differently in adolescence than in childhood, and many parents unknowingly speak the wrong language to their teenager.
The core insight is that teenagers who feel genuinely loved are more resilient, more open to guidance, and more likely to maintain connection through the turbulent years. Read this if you have a teenager you feel increasingly distant from. Implement it by taking the love language quiz together, identifying their primary language, and making one intentional deposit per day in that specific currency — not yours.