New kid at school? New person at work? Need to strike up a conversation with someone you've never met before? Conversation skills are super important, so this week at the lunch table, Meagan and Lauren share their experiences chatting up people as well as provide some tips you can use to help dazzle anyone you meet. By the end of the episode, you'll exude (or leak) confidence for the cafeteria of life.

To read the article from Science of People, click here.

Parents of teens and tweens can e-mail Meagan and Lauren at [email protected] or follow them on Instagram @cafeteriaconfidencepod and on Twitter @CafConfidence.

Music is "We Are The One" by Scott Holmes, used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License. You can find his music at https://www.scottholmesmusic.com/ and https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/media-music-mix