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Something I do with my kids every night after bedtime stories: we each think back over the day and tell each other what the best part of our day was. I started
by aethertap 10y ago
Something I do with my kids every night after bedtime stories: we each think back over the day and tell each other what the best part of our day was. I started doing that in a bid to get them in the habit of noticing good things through the day and it seems to be working. Also, they love it - more than stories or songs. We can miss stories and songs some nights if we're out late, but they won't go to bed until we talk about our day.
- bigchewy 10y agowe started a practice ~1 month ago that a friend taught us. we now ask 3 questions of each other 1) How were you brave today? 2) How were you kind today? 3) How did you fail today? I've found it amazing how much conversation and learning it provokes.
- aethertap 10y agoI like the direction of this. I've been thinking lately about trying to inspire kids to greatness, similar to the way ancient Romans made their ancestors greatest achievements highly visible in their homes [1] to inspire and challenge their children. Your question about failing made me think about that - maybe there is room for a question like "What did you do to [change the world/help others/achieve your goal/etc] today?" The desire to have a good answer at the end of the day might be enough to inspire some big-picture thinking. 1. Something I read somewhere, reference long gone now unfortunately.
- scwoodal 10y agoI do the same. So much more conversation is provoked by asking questions like "what made you happy/sad today?" vs. "how was your day?"