You: How was your day?
Your child: Fine.
As a parent, you want to know what is going on in your child's life, how
school and friendships are going, if they're feeling okay. As a kid you
want to tell your parent what's going on, but it can be hard to find the
words. This book is brilliant because it makes finding those words easy,
and you discover incredible stuff about each other.
How exactly do you make it happen? This accessible guide answers the
million-dollar question by steering you, step by step through carefully
supported and structured conversational platforms that encourage
connection and strengthen relationship bonds. Written by two top
clinical psychologists who have worked with families over many years
they have, uniquely, designed it for you to read and experience,
together.
Inside this book you will find a range of fun, illustrated
child-friendly conversation activities, organised around four key
themes: who are you? how are you? what helps? what gets in the way?
There is powerful evidence that building good parent-child communication
skills improves emotional wellbeing, physical health, academic and
employment success. It helps set up a trusting relationship so you can
navigate adolescence and later life successfully. It's important to
start early because it takes time to learn skills.