I think most us have been in the situation where you pick up your child from school and ask them how there day was and the reply is a simple “fine.” That is it. It feels like pulling teeth to get anymore information out of them. Here are some questions a mother has put together to help conversation after your child’s long day at school! This is an article from Mother.ly.
30 questions to ask your kid instead of “How was your day?”
When I picked my son up from his first day of 4th grade, my usual (enthusiastically delivered) question of “how was your day?” was met with his usual (indifferently delivered) “fine.”
Come on! It’s the first day, for crying out loud! Give me something to work with, would you, kid?
The second day, my same question was answered, “well, no one was a jerk.”
That’s good… I guess.
I suppose the problem is my own. That question doesn’t really do much for our kids. Far from a conversation starter, it’s uninspired, overwhelmingly open ended and frankly, completely boring.
So as an alternative, I’ve compiled a list of questions that my kid will answer with more than a single word or grunt. In fact, he debated his response to question eight for at least half an hour over the weekend…
