Your kids will be more willing to talk with you if you ask them the right questions.
I bet you can guess what the two most popular questions kids get asked after school are…
Ready to hear them?
Here they are…
<Drumroll please!>
“How was school today?” And “What did you learn today?”
Did you get them right?
Most kids don’t like answering those questions…
And if they do wind up answering them, they don’t usually give you the answers you’re looking for, right?
They say school was fine. And that they didn’t learn anything, or that they don’t remember.
End of conversation.
But connecting with your child is important – especially after she’s been gone all day at school and you’ll be spending the rest of the day/evening together.
So what can you trade in those old worn-out questions for?
How about 18 shiny new ones that fit into these categories:
- Things Your Kids Are Interested In
- Things About Your Child’s Friends And Activities
- Things That Bug/Annoy Your Kids
- Things Related To Their Assignments And Projects
Click through to the full article to read the specific 18 questions you can ask your children so that they don’t mumble the same old answers under their breath when you ask them what they learned or how school was. And feel free to share in the comments section your favorite questions for engaging your child in conversations after school…
Questions That Work [PBS]
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