Do you ask your child,"What happened at school today?" and they reply with "Nothing" or "I can't remember"? It's not that nothing happened but that sometimes SO much happens in a day they have trouble picking out just a few things to tell you about. And of course, the day sometimes seems so excruciatingly long that they can hardly remember the last hour much less nine or ten hours ago.
We had a supper ritual when my boys were growing up where we took turns asking each other about one thing bad, one thing good and one thing interesting that happened in the course of our day- and we weren't allowed to reply with 'Nothing'. Because we started when they were still relatively young, it was easier to continue as they got into their teens and we still sometimes use it when we get together. Here are some suggestions that are a bit more specific than "How was your day?" (Good) to help open up conversations with Team Awesome members.
We had a supper ritual when my boys were growing up where we took turns asking each other about one thing bad, one thing good and one thing interesting that happened in the course of our day- and we weren't allowed to reply with 'Nothing'. Because we started when they were still relatively young, it was easier to continue as they got into their teens and we still sometimes use it when we get together. Here are some suggestions that are a bit more specific than "How was your day?" (Good) to help open up conversations with Team Awesome members.
