You can use the links below to navigate to the category you think will best speak to your teenager. Read on for their thoughts on the best gifts for young athletes (a heated foot massager), whether video games are still a good idea (they are), and who makes the best loungewear (Nike, of course). To find the coolest gifts that will put smiles on the faces of this particularly tough audience, we spoke to actual teenage boys about the things they’re coveting. It can be difficult to get them to speak in more than one-word sentences, much less get thorough insights into their tastes. Photo-Illustration: The Strategist Photos: RetailersĪs opinionated as teenage boys are, they can be a bit hard to read.