How To Get Your Child To Talk About His/Her Day

For parents, sending their little kids to the school can cause panic and excitement in equal amounts because kids are too small for their self care. This is why they wait very desperately for their child to come back home and wish to hear all about how his/her day went in school. As a parent, it is completely obvious to want to know the tangled details of your kid’s entire day, children sometimes clam up. So, if you have asked, “Did you have a good day? The reply can range anywhere from one-word answers to nods and even the dreaded “I don’t remember”.
So, if you also want to know the way to get your child chatting about his/her day and figure out his/ her day to day activities look no further. Here are 3 easy ways you can smack up a conversation with your little one.

1. Don’t jump to the questions directly
The first advice which you need to follow is that don’t jump to the questions directly if you do that then it will be very annoying for the child and they don’t answer you correctly It is not uncommon for children to be devastated after a long day at school. Think about it, they spend a lot of hours by themselves and taking care of themselves. They were not at home where you could take care of their every little need.

To get the conversation flowing you can talk about first how your day went and what all you did today in your day. You can also talk about anything exciting that happened in your day if there is something achieved by you , like meeting an old friend or getting rewarded for your hard work at the office. When you do not overload your child with questions and instead take the lead with your own day, you gravel the way for a conversation.

2. Talk about what your child loves the most

The second point you need to focus while talking to your child is just talk about what your child loves the most his/ her favorite food, sweet dish, place, game ,teacher, best friend or even the lunchtime, try to take the helm in the conversation in the direction he/she enjoys to let the little one get talking or that particular discussion. From there you can touch upon other topics like what books they chose to read or who did they play with during the break.

3. Listen more, advise less

And the third one is listen more advise less because when you start advising your child it will be like ruling over them and they get frustrated with these kind of behavior. So, when you see your kid answering a question vigorously, let him/her speak without any break. Even if you feel like advising your little one or asking any more questions, wait till he/she has finished speaking about the current scenario.

By – Tripti Varun
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