Does this following conversation sound familiar?
Parent: How was school today?
Student: Ok.
Parent: Did anything interesting happen?
Student: No. Do we have anything to eat?
Parent: …
Asking your child about their day at school is often one of the most difficult tasks a parent can face. They’re tired, they just want to relax, and the last thing they want to do is to be interrogated. But, on your end, all you want is to know how they’re doing, whether they’re enjoying their subjects, whether they’re having any trouble and whether you can do anything to help. It’s a difficult situation, so today I will provide 10 different questions you can use to ask your child about their day at school.
- What was the best thing that happened at school today?
- What was the worst thing that happened at school today?
- Tell me one thing that you are looking forward to tomorrow/ this week?
- Did anything surprise you at school today?
- Tell me one thing that you learned today.
- What do you think you should learn more/less of at school?
- What made you laugh today?
- What was the nicest thing you did for someone/someone did for you today?
- If you had to describe your day using 4 words, what would they be?
- If you got to be the teacher tomorrow what would you do?
How do you go about talking to your child about their day at school? If you have any good tactics, let us know in the comments!
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