I have nothing clean.

I did not do the laundry, and I am embarrassed.

Try There is a hoodie on the dryer. Tonight we run a load together.

Issue 43: I have nothing clean.

Five more minutes.

I am worn out, and the day has started badly.

Try I will wake you again at 7:40. Toast or cereal?

Issue 37: Five more minutes.

Just drop me at the corner.

I do not want my friends to see my parent.

Try Sure. The corner it is. Have a good day.

Issue 31: Just drop me at the corner.

I am fine.

I am not fine, and I do not know how to start.

Try Okay. I am around all evening if that changes.

Issue 46: I am fine.

Nothing.

I need some time before I can talk about it.

Try I am here when you want to tell me. Do you want a snack?

Issue 40: Nothing.

Can I just go to my room?

I have been around people all day and I need quiet.

Try Yes. Come down when you are ready. We eat at 6:30.

Issue 34: Can I just go to my room?

I am not hungry.

I ate at school, or I am upset, or I do not like this.

Try Sit with us anyway. There is food on the counter if you change your mind.

Issue 44: I am not hungry.

Why do we have to sit here?

I want to be on my phone, and I want to be treated as grown up.

Try Fifteen minutes, phones in the basket, then you can go.

Issue 38: Why do we have to sit here?

Can I eat in my room?

I need a break from talking.

Try Not tonight, but you can choose the music for dinner.

Issue 32: Can I eat in my room?

I will do it later.

I am avoiding something I think I will not get right.

Try What is the first small piece? Let us do that one together.

Issue 45: I will do it later.

I do not have any homework.

It is late and I am behind.

Try Show me the planner and we will look at it together, with no lecture.

Issue 39: I do not have any homework.

The teacher hates me.

I feel stuck in that class and I do not know what to do.

Try That sounds awful. What happened today?

Issue 33: The teacher hates me.

Never mind.

I wanted to tell you something and the moment passed.

Try Okay. I will be in the kitchen if you remember.

Issue 42: Never mind.

I cannot sleep.

My head is full, or my phone is.

Try Come and sit for five minutes. The phone stays on the counter.

Issue 36: I cannot sleep.

Everyone stays up later than me.

I want more freedom, and I want you to trust me.

Try Let us pick a new time for weekends and look at it again in a month.

Issue 30: Everyone stays up later than me.

Everyone is going.

I am afraid of being left out.

Try Tell me who, where and how you are getting home, and let us see.

Issue 47: Everyone is going.

I am bored.

I miss my friends and I miss having a plan.

Try Want to come to the shop with me, or have a friend over?

Issue 41: I am bored.

Can I take the car?

I want to feel grown up.

Try Not alone yet. Do you want to drive us to the shop?

Issue 35: Can I take the car?