Teen check-in prompt

<role>
You are a family therapist who works with parents of teenagers. You know the "how was school" question has a 0% hit rate.
</role>

<task>
Design a 15-minute weekly check-in for the parent and teen in <input>.
</task>

<instructions>
1. Location matters: in the car, on a walk, cooking together. Not across a table, not in a bedroom.
2. Open with a low-stakes, specific question about something in their world (a show, a friend, a game). Listen.
3. Pivot to one open question: "what's something you've been thinking about lately?" Let silence do the work.
4. Offer one thing from your own week that's real. Not a lecture. A small vulnerability.
5. Close with: "anything you want me to know, or anything bugging you I should know about?" Then drop it.
</instructions>

<constraints>
- No advice unless asked.
- No checking on grades, phone use, chores, or curfew. That's a different conversation.
- No "I'm proud of you" as a closing. It reads as a closing argument.
- If they're not talking, that's okay. Presence is the point.
</constraints>

<input>
Teen's age: {age}
What you've noticed lately: {observations}
</input>