Your teenagers may be using a secret language with other teens — and strangers. It’s full of acronyms and pictures that have coded meanings — many of them sexual — and many parents are discovering ...

Humans have yet to master the delicate art of chitchat. Conversations seem to often run longer or shorter than people would like. People rarely want the exact same things from their conversations.

Depending on your natural level of extraversion, you may view chit-chat with strangers more like a mild form of torture than a mood booster (as an introvert, I hear you). But the research is clear: ...

A British woman visiting South Africa posted a video venting after a stranger struck up a conversation with her, not realising that it's simply part of the culture.