Getting to Know Your Child: 18 Questions to Ask
Our family makes a game out of asking our kids these questions about once a year. It sure teaches you a lot.
Take the time to get the real answers from your child. I guarantee surprises, and it is a fun way to get information from them that you may not otherwise know!
I love your questions! Too many of us are too busy and lose touch with our children, however, many 10- to 15-year-olds will refuse to answer. They will scream, "Inquisition!" How do we get middlers to answer these gems? Try putting them to your sleepy child at bedtime. Take them along on a long car ride. Bring them up at the dinner table. Taking the emotional temperature of our young adolescents, nurturing their dreams and reassuring their tenuous natures is our major task during these years. Your guided tour of questions is an instant way to do all this and more.
-- Margaret Sagarese, coauthor of The Roller-Coaster Years and Parenting 911
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