Hold Family Meetings and make school dilemmas easy to discuss. During the problem solving section of the meeting help your children discuss school dilemmas. Find out how your kids think. Without lecturing share your ideas too. Let's pretend your children are having the school difficulties below.
Here are 3 school dilemmas you could use:
- If your teacher asked for a special conference with your parents, what do you think they'd discuss about you? Would you like to hear what they say? Why?
- Which would you rather have a fun teacher who taught poorly or a strict teacher who taught well? Why?
- If the girls or boys in your class teased you and wouldn't play with you, what would you do?
These questions don't have to be about real problems your children are having at school. But they could lead your children to discuss the real problems they are having. Your family discussions help your children decide what to do.
Presenting your kids with dilemmas is a fun and easy way to find out how they think. If you want ready-made dilemmas to ask your kids, pick up my Dilemma Discussion Kit. It offers you easy directions and 51 dilemmas to start using today. Have fun with your kids by having fun with the dilemmas. Why? Because building character starts with getting your kids to talk.
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