Beyond Small Talk

How to Talk to a Teenager

Don’t ask about school or the future, for one thing

Zachary Maxwell
Forge
Published in
3 min readNov 21, 2019

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Illustration: Heeje Min Heo

This story is part of How to Talk to Anyone, Forge’s guide to moving past the chitchat and truly connecting.

AsAs a senior in high school, I can tell you that it is hard to talk to teenagers. We’re moody, acne-ridden, hormonal messes who spend more time in…

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Zachary Maxwell
Forge
Writer for

Zachary Maxwell is a filmmaker and high school senior attending public school in New York City