Tonight with your 13 to 17 year old
The prompt
“How do you usually know when someone else is upset before they even say anything?”
What to listen for
If they describe specific cues, tone, body language, going quiet, it means they've developed real emotional attentiveness to the people around them, which is a valuable and often underappreciated skill.
If they mention picking up on this with a particular person, that shows a closeness and attentiveness worth naming directly as a strength.
If they say they usually don't notice until it's said out loud, that's a totally fine, common answer, not everyone reads people the same way, and that's not a flaw.
What this tells you
This shows you how attuned they are to other people's emotional states, which reflects their own emotional awareness too.