October 8, 2026 · 6 min

Why do we have to sit here?

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

Free

Plain Talk

A free letter every Thursday: one thing a teenager said this week, what it meant and what I would try.

Plain Talk, every Thursday

Chapter 1 · 7:30 am

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?

Chapter 2 · 8 pm

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.