A mother and teenage daughter sit facing one another on a sofa in a lounge. The daughter is holding her hands up and animatedly talking to her mother as if she is trying to get a point across. Her mother is sitting still with her arms folded in her lap with a blank expression as if she doesn't understand her daughter.Image source, Getty Images
ByGeorge Sandeman
  • Published42 minutes ago

With claims of gaslighting, triggering and disrespecting boundaries, some parents are struggling to understand their teenagers' so-called therapy speak.

When Carla Hoskins asks her 15 and 18-year-old sons to revise or do chores at their Hertfordshire home, she says she is sometimes met with: "You're triggering me!"

Over in the US, Shannon Salvatoriello says her 14 and 17-year-old sons use similar words, which she says leaves her "feeling very confused".