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Why Kids Don't Want to Talk About Their Day (and How to Get Them to Open Up Anyway)
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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 760834" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://lifehacker.com/why-kids-dont-want-to-talk-about-their-day-and-how-to-1847595902" target="_blank"><strong>Why Kids Don't Want to Talk About Their Day (and How to Get Them to Open Up Anyway) - Life Hacker</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The ride home from school can feel like a battle of wills with my oldest son. When I start the car, he’s a bundle of ecstatic energy. But when I begin asking him about his day, his smile vanishes, and he locks his mouth up like a safe. The remainder of the trip is more nerve-wracking than an episode of<em> Law and Order </em>as I listen for any clue that will get him to open up to me.</p><p></p><p>My wife and I shared in our son’s excitement to start kindergarten this year. But now that he’s several weeks in, it has been difficult for us to gauge his enthusiasm. And as someone who found socializing at school challenging, I’m always concerned that other kids are bullying him or he is finding the curriculum hard to handle.</p><p></p><p>But getting kids to talk about their day has been a struggle of parents for generations. And judging from the plethora of articles that deal with this topic, the fight to find out what happens at school will continue to be waged within minivans and around dining room tables far into the future.</p><p></p><p>To aid in the struggle, we researched <em>why</em> children don’t talk about what happens after we drop them off—and share some strategies and questions that might encourage kids to open up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 760834, member: 1"] [URL='https://lifehacker.com/why-kids-dont-want-to-talk-about-their-day-and-how-to-1847595902'][B]Why Kids Don't Want to Talk About Their Day (and How to Get Them to Open Up Anyway) - Life Hacker[/B][/URL] The ride home from school can feel like a battle of wills with my oldest son. When I start the car, he’s a bundle of ecstatic energy. But when I begin asking him about his day, his smile vanishes, and he locks his mouth up like a safe. The remainder of the trip is more nerve-wracking than an episode of[I] Law and Order [/I]as I listen for any clue that will get him to open up to me. My wife and I shared in our son’s excitement to start kindergarten this year. But now that he’s several weeks in, it has been difficult for us to gauge his enthusiasm. And as someone who found socializing at school challenging, I’m always concerned that other kids are bullying him or he is finding the curriculum hard to handle. But getting kids to talk about their day has been a struggle of parents for generations. And judging from the plethora of articles that deal with this topic, the fight to find out what happens at school will continue to be waged within minivans and around dining room tables far into the future. To aid in the struggle, we researched [I]why[/I] children don’t talk about what happens after we drop them off—and share some strategies and questions that might encourage kids to open up. [/QUOTE]
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