Tienerklets! (Dutch)

Tinerklets by Gezinnig is an extraordinary book full of questions. Sometimes silly, sometimes serious, always relatable.
You fill out the book together. With a friend or one of your parents. Choose a page and someone to chat with. Fill in, tick, choose and cross out. The topics you'd rather not discuss with your parents, you fill in with a friend. And just chatting instead of filling in is also possible, of course.

With Teen Chat! you can together: think and dream, laugh and whine, chill and chat.

Left and right are the same questions, lists and assignments: the left page is for you and the right page is for a friend or your mom or dad.

Party!: What does your ideal party look like?
Blunders: How bad is this: you have sweat stains under your armpits / you gossip about someone and they are behind you
Talent: Are you good at: chatting, listening, sleeping out, solving, remembering, comforting.
Friends: Who would like to be friends with you?
Parents: Measure your parents from 0 to 100%: has humor, nags, can I trust.
Excuses: What excuses do you ever use? Which excuse was a flop?
Worrying: Do you ever worry about your body, your credit, your report card, the earth, a text message?
Dreaming: Do you ever want to study, make up for an argument, swim naked?
Online: You have to choose: a day without food or a month without a computer.
Phone: Would you French kiss a stranger in exchange for a new phone?

Teen Chat! for teens and parents

Why teens appreciate the book
Some comments from teens in the test group: 'It's fun to think about later and what you want to do', 'The questions about blunders are super fun and funny', 'Great that you don't have to fill out those questions about sex, parents don't have to know everything! ', 'Death is a good topic, happened to just discuss with a friend what song would you want to play at your own funeral', 'The question about friendship is very nice but requires a lot of honesty and can be hurtful', 'The gauges at opinion about parents is nice, you don't have to give a grade and can stay nice in between', 'The topic of drugs is topical and important, I wanted to tell my mom that I used a bong once but it kept not coming up, then this page helps to discuss it'.

Pedagogical recommendation
Child psychologist Tischa Neve on the book: 'After successful experiences with the Chat Book! I am looking forward to the appearance of Teen Chat! Many parents who seek my advice find it difficult to stay in touch with their adolescents. Communicating in a fun way with your child is suddenly not always obvious anymore. I see the book as a nice support for parents to discuss important and daily topics with their teenagers in a relaxed way. Just because it's fun or when things get tough for a while. I'm definitely going to recommend it to many adolescent parents.