The Conversations Every Family is Having – or Avoiding

Let’s Talk About It is a parent and teen conversation series created with teens, for teens and the adults who care about them. The series creates space to talk openly about the questions, pressures, and experiences that young people are navigating today—especially the things that can feel awkward, uncomfortable, or hard to bring up at home.

This isn’t a traditional lecture where adults do the talking and teens sit and listen. Teens set the agenda and lead the conversation. Before each session, questions and topics will be gathered directly from teens through crowdsourcing as well as from members of Friendship Circle’s teens themselves. These questions will help shape the conversation and ensure that the topics being discussed reflect what young people are actually wondering about, experiencing, and talking about.

Each session will be moderated by members of the Teen Leadership Board, who will bring the questions from their peers directly to community experts. Teens and caregivers will have the opportunity to hear from professionals, ask questions, share perspectives, and leave with practical information and tools they can use in their own lives.

Our goal is to create a space where teens can ask the questions they actually want answered, hear honest and relevant information from trusted experts, and have a voice in conversations that directly affect them. By bringing teens, caregivers, and community professionals together, Let’s Talk About It aims to make difficult conversations feel a little less intimidating—and a lot more accessible.