Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author (not pictured) started learning her Gen Z kids' slang to connect with them.Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61 I started ...

Pull up a chair and pour yourself a cup of whatever makes the day sweeter. If your children or grandchildren are speaking in what sounds like an entirely different language, you are not alone. Gen Z ...

I started using my teens' slang to better understand them. Words like "rizz," "mid," and "slay" entered my vocabulary. Sometimes it connects us — sometimes they cringe. I remember how mystified the ...