Love Languages for Adults, Teens, and Kids

Love Languages for Teens

For friendships, family, and relationships.

Your best friend might show love by sending memes all day, while your parent shows it by driving you everywhere. This two-page worksheet helps teens notice care that shows up differently than they expect, and ask for what they need.

What’s inside

The five classic love languages with teen-relevant examples, like someone saving you a seat, a playlist, or a long drive with phones down.
Neurodivergent love languages: infodumping, pebbling, parallel play and support swapping.
Real talk on the research: most people feel best with a mix of all five.
Love languages are never an excuse: no one is owed touch, gifts or your time, and needing constant texts or check-ins isn’t quality time, it’s control.
My Love Language Mix: rate each kind of care.
The people in my life: map how friends, family, partners, teachers and even pets show care.
Ask for what you need: a simple script plus a question to ask others.
Who it’s for: teens ages 13 to 17. It’s useful for therapists, school counselors and family sessions.

Why it’s different: it builds healthy-relationship awareness right into a fun activity, with clear language about consent and control in friendships and dating.

Love Languages for Kids

All the ways we show we care.

This playful two-page worksheet helps kids discover how they like to feel loved, so they can tell the people who care about them, and notice love they didn’t even see before.

What’s inside

Five ways people show love, in kid language: kind words, together time, helping, little gifts, and hugs and touch.
More ways to show love: sharing what you love, sharing little finds, side-by-side time and big squeezes.
Your body, your choice: everyone gets to say yes or no to hugs and touch, even with family.
A note for grown-ups on noticing and naming the ways their child shows care.
My Love Cup: kids color in hearts to show how loved each way makes them feel.
Draw-or-write prompts about someone who shows them love and a way they can show love this week.
“I can ask for love” fill-in sentences, plus a reminder that they’re loved even on hard days.
Who it’s for: kids ages 6 to 12 and their grown-ups. It’s useful for play therapy, family sessions, parent coaching and school counseling.

Why it’s different: body autonomy is built right in, the sensory-friendly options (side-by-side time, big squeezes) honor how many kids actually connect, and the activities work for kids who’d rather draw than write.

All three versions share

Ways to use it: a family session where everyone fills one out and compares, a couples or parent check-in, or homework to notice care at home.
What you get: a two-page printable PDF, US Letter, available as an instant download. Based on Chapman (2015), Chapman & Campbell (2016) and Impett, Park & Muise (2024). Single-clinician license included.
Pairs well with: the other two age versions, plus Feelings + Needs Inventory and Boundaries 101 (Adults and Teens) or Emotions 101 for Kids (Kids).
A bundle of all three is a natural add-on. If you want one, I can make a bundle cover and listing.