Talking to your kids to get more than a one word response

Ask your child"How was your day?".....

and avoid the one word answers

How was school? Fine..

Instead of....

Try these......

If you had a time machine and could goback and repeat one part of yourday...... Which part would you choose?

Which one of yourclassmates is most likely tobecome a Prime Minister, arockstar or a sportsperson?

What was thebest, mostunusual or

funniest thingthat happened

today?

IfIf you could skip one

hour of your day,which hour would you

choose and why?

If we had to inviteone of your

teachers over fordinner...who

would you chooseand why?

What was the kindest thingyou saw today? Did you seeanything that was unkind?

If you could havea superpower tomake your daymore fun...what

would you chooseand why?

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