How To Get Our Kids Talking!
We want to have meaningful conversations with our kids, but when we ask lame questions, we just get one word answers! Ask open ended questions to stimulate a conversation. Have follow up questions ready. Here’s some examples:
Tell me about the best part of your day.
What’s been the hardest part of this week for you?
Did your brother say anything that made you laugh today? What’s the funniest thing about your mom?
Which friends do you miss most from school?
What’s the biggest difference between this summer and last summer?
Tell me about what you read this week?
What’s the hardest video game we have? (Let’s play it together and maybe I can help!)
Who did you play with today? What did you play? Who won? (Why do you think they always seem to win?
What used up most of your energy today?
What did I promise you this summer that I haven’t delivered on yet?
What rules are different at school than our rules at home? Do you think they’re fair?
What’s on your bucketlist this summer? Give me your top 5!
What do you like most about our neighborhood?
What do you feel that God has been teaching you this week?
Can you show me something you learned (or did) today? (When you see your kid do something well, ask them to teach you how to do it!)
