How to Get Your Children to Talk About School

August 26, 2015

I came across an interesting article about getting our kids to talk more about what is going on in school.  Our lives in 2015 are so very busy!  I have found with my own children if I make a specific effort to talk one on one with them each day that it makes a difference in our relationship.  I talk to my kids all day, but I will multitask while talking to them so I realize I am not giving them my full attention.  I keep track of their day through their school website, teacher emails,  our phone conversations, and our family calendar.  But, I realized I needed to also make sure I have set aside time to talk to them personally with no interruptions.  When they were younger it was before bedtime and we would share a book and talk about their day.  Now that they are teenagers it is a little tricky.  They don't need a bedtime story, but they still need the one on one conversation.  It helps me if I set an alarm in my phone.  Maybe you have mastered this and are better than I am!  I hope you find something interesting in this article!

yours in science,
Mrs. Biggs

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_get_your_kid_to_talk_about_what_happened_at_school