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5 Ways To Get Your Child To Tell You More
Recently, I read Frank Sesno's "Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change". Many of the tactics can be applied to dialogue with our children too. Here are five ways we can use questions to get our children to tell us more about their lives and also teach our children in a more effective way. 1. Use Echo Questions "Echo questions enable me to use the other person’s own words for emphasis and as a follow-up question. I add inflection to suit the mood—sympathy, surprise, and humor. Henry says, “The way they treated me...