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Unlock understanding: Decode your teen’s hidden messages for better connection.
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Translating Your Teen

10 Strategies for Understanding and Empowering Your Kid

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2026

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Summary

A guide to decoding your teenager’s communications for better understanding and support.

Today’s teenagers are navigating unprecedented academic pressure, emotional intensity, and constant digital noise, often leaving parents unsure how to interpret what their teens are really communicating. In Translating Your Teen, educator and counselor Anne Luke offers an insightful framework that reveals what teens are really saying when they communicate and how parents …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421455280
ISBN-10:1421455285
Author:Anne Luke, Claire Crafts, Andy Garrett
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:Johns Hopkins University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:1 September 2026
Weight:249g
Dimensions:14mm x 140mm x 216mm
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Translating Your Teen by Anne Luke - ISBN: 9781421455280
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Critics Review

“If ever you’ve searched for the perfect ‘how to communicate with your teen’ guide, look no further. You’ve found it. In Translating Your Teen, Anne Luke deftly decodes exactly what your teen wants you to know, and her organized, straightforward, and easy-to-digest approach will have you rapt from the very first page.”-Jenn Curtis, coauthor of The Parent Compass “Anne brings a wealth of experience through her insightful research, authentic storytelling, and practical advice. Translating Your Teen offers real-world tools to help students find their ‘why, ’ lower anxiety, and increase focus to better serve the world around them.”-Joey O’Connor, author of Among Kings “Raising teenagers is not for the faint of heart-and finally, a book that’s honest about that. Translating Your Teen gives parents the tools to move from fear-driven reactions to the connected, intentional presence that builds real resilience in kids. Practical, warm, and long overdue. Every parent who reads it will show up braver and better for it, empowering their kids far into the future.”-Margie Warrell, MD, author of The Courage Gap “Translating decades of helping teens develop purpose, self-awareness, and success, ‘teen whisperer’ and parent coach Anne Luke offers parents and educators a veritable decoder ring for understanding, celebrating, and empowering their teens.”-Ned Johnson, coauthor of What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home

About The Author

Anne Luke

Anne Luke is a teen and parent coach, speaker, and expert in adolescent development.

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