For all of the parents out there I have a question; How do you get your child/children to talk to you about school? I love being involved with my children and knowing what they have going on. Generally, they reciprocate in this and make it very easy for me to be a part. However, since my oldest started school last year, I have found it difficult in getting him to talk about his adventures of school.
I have asked every question I can think of as well as flat out telling him to tell me what happened at school and the general answer I get back is one of the following;
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If I happen to get more from him, he usually tells me that the activity was “dumb” or “boring.” It is funny to me that he thinks that the activities at school are not fun, but yet he jumps out of bed to go to school each morning. There is something he is excited about, he just ‘doesn’t remember’ by the time he comes home.
How do you craftily pull information from your children if they are not wanting to talk about school?
September 6, 2009 at 10:57 am
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