Best Christmas gifts for teenagers 2023: unique, practical and stylish options
Our teenage years are simultaneously the best and worst of our lives. From raging hormones and mood swings, to the complicated politics of secondary school life and studying for exams that just may determine one’s future, our teen years can truly suck.
There will also be extreme highs thanks to the sheer joy elicited by youth and vitality. From discovering new music to curating their own unique styles and tastes, there’s always something new to discover. Alexa, play Taylor Swift’s Fifteen.
Our job as parents, guardians or siblings is to ensure these bouts of pure teenage bliss are a regular occurrence – though we don’t always get it right. After all, the teenager has been uniquely moulded by each generation since their ‘invention’ in the 1950s (before then, kids pretty much became adults as soon as they reached the supposedly marriageable age of 16). Gen-Z teenagers appear almost unrecognisable to those who came of age as Millennials, while both tech-savvy generations are considered entirely alien to Boomers.
Whichever generation you belong to, we’re here to help you understand what your young tween might just consider ‘cool’ this Christmas. Getting it right can be difficult, especially with trends changing faster than you can ask your teen what on earth ‘Gorpcore’ is, and whether it’s a disease that you should be concerned about.
From stylish room décor to the It-kid accessories of the moment, we’ve rounded up
