Today on my mom board (you're going to find out I talk about this place a lot - we've been together as a group for over 6 years) there was a discussion about how to get our school aged children to open up more about their day. This is a constant struggle with Tyler. He's mostly happy to report: "oh we learned stuff and went to (insert special here). That's all mom." Yeah, that's descriptive right? It also makes me wonder just who this kid belongs to as I'm pretty sure I was FAR more talkative at that age. In fact I know I was - my grandfather didn't call me "Windy" for nothing you know.
So anyway, back to today and the discussion. There were several good suggestions for "better" questions to ask to get better answers. One of them I really liked and decided I'd try it out today on Tyler on our way home. And so it goes:
Me - "Tyler what did you like best about school today?"
Tyler - "Oh I'd say the funnest part was the end of the day."
This excites me - I mean after all he did say FUNNEST! Yes, this is working! Awesome!
Me - "Oh really. Why? What made it the most fun?"
Tyler (quite exasperated I might add) - "Because that's when we get to go home!"
Communication: FAIL
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