Fourteen talks by age fourteen: the essential conversations you need to have with your kids before they start high school - and how (best) to have them

Introduction: Who am I to say?

Getting ready to talk. It's time to learn a new language ; Your new bag of tricks ; Conversation crashers

The fourteen conversations. Talking about your parent-child relationship ; Talking about independence ; Talking about changing friendships ; Talking about creativity ; Talking about taking care of yourself ; Talking about fairness ; Talking about technology ; Talking about criticism ; Talking about hard work ; Talking about money ; Talking about sexuality ; Talking about reputations ; Talking about impulsivity ; Talking about helping others

Now what?

Appendix: Small talk conversation starters.