When it was time for dinner, Courtney and I sit with our kids and want to know how each of their days was. Sometimes, a child would just utter “Fine”, “ok”, etc. and want to move on. Other times, a child would be so excited that others wouldn’t have a chance to share their day. This was completely non-conversational and awkward!
A few months ago, we started structuring the conversation and came down to five (kinda, six) questions.
These are the questions:
- How was your day?
- What was your favorite thing that happened today? What was your least favorite?
- Who did you have lunch with today?
- Who did you play with at recess today?
- What is one thing you learned today?
Everyone participates, including Courtney, me, and any guest. Each person must answer every question and then gets to pick who goes next. By having the current person randomly pick the next, it helps ensure everyone is paying attention and not mentally preparing for his/her turn if he/she already knew they were next.
Awesome. David is a bit young still but great idea