Tonight with your 13 to 17 year old

The prompt

“Have you gotten better at asking for help without it feeling like admitting weakness?”

What to listen for

If they say yes and can describe how, they're building real confidence that needing help doesn't threaten their sense of competence, which is a healthy and mature shift.

If they say it's still hard, that's honest and common, resist the urge to convince them otherwise on the spot; just let them know you'd genuinely want to be asked.

If a specific memory of asking for help comes up, notice how they felt afterward, relief usually signals real trust was well placed.

What this tells you

How comfortable they've become asking for help shows you how safe they feel being seen as not having everything figured out.