A mother reveals a clever and fun method to encourage children to talk about how their day at school was. We reveal everything to you.
While some children open up easily, others are less inclined to confide and talk about their day after school. To finally get answers from his children, Katya Hosler, a mother living in Arizona has developed a fun and simple method.
On Instagram, this mom of two plays a game with her 6-year-old son, Keegan, and 4-year-old daughter, Kamryn. “When Keegan was born, I read a bunch of parenting books about the importance of talking to children about their feelings with open-ended questions or by starting a sentence and letting them finish it”, explains Katya Hosler to TODAY.com.
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An effective tip to get children talking
To illustrate her point, the young mother publishes a video on her Instagram account. In this video we can see his eldest son, 6 years old, looking rather happy to play the game. Katya Hosler therefore begins a sentence: “My teacher treats me….”. And his son replies: “GOOD”. The game continues: “My friends at school?” she asks. “They are nice”, Keegan replies.
In the rest of the video, the mother begins several sentences like:
- “More than anything at school, I love…”
- “I’m sad when my friends…”
- “I am happy when my comrades…”
- “At school, I would like…”
- “At school, I don’t like it when…”
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A game validated by a psychologist
The mother explains that this game allows her to obtain authentic answers from his son. “The first answer that comes to mind is usually what he actually thinks or feels,” explains the mother. Before adding: “Children don’t have time to wonder what their parents want to hear.” According to psychologist Sheryl Ziegler, this game is fun for young children and can also be effective in therapy with adolescents. The psychologist also recommends other games like “Describe your day in a report”, in order to help children tell more things and in their own words.
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“Children can also describe their day depending on the temperature or the season”, she explains. Before adding: “My morning was stormy and my afternoon windy”. This way, parents can derive more specific answers than just “GOOD” from their children. “At the end of the day, parents just want to know if their children are happy, if they are suffering or if they need help with anything”, concludes the psychologist.
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