Joanna Fortune: My teenager doesn't want to get a summer job  

My teenage son is going through a non-communicative phase. He answers ‘yes’ or ‘no’ when I ask him a question, but says little beyond this. 

By contrast, I can hear him laughing and chatting freely whenever his friends call him or when they are gaming online. 

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