Discussion Starters
Communication is very important in any relationship. It is here that we need to be very careful HOW we say things. The tone of our voice, our body language, facial expressions etc. Some times people pick up more by what is not said than by what is actually said. The unstated message.
When asking questions here are some potentional goals you could have in the back of your mind:
Get your children talking in a non-treating environment.
Provide questions that children can answer without being “incorrect”.
Discover how children arrive at their decisions.
Challenge(without a judgemental tone or comment)and affirm their responses.
Help children express and defend their opinions so they develop conviction for what they believe.
Would you rather ….
forget to wear deodorant on a date or endure your date’s body odor?
be kissed by your mom in public or yelled at by your dad in private?
squish a cockeroach with your bare feet or a spider with your hand?
see an opera with your friends or a rock concert with your parents?
get slapped by a friend or kissed by an enemy?
Other open ended questions
imagine a "best day ever." What kinds of things would you do?
what's your favorite time of year-winter, spring, summer, or fall? Why?
tell me about the best teacher you ever had.
if you had one day to live over again, what day would you pick? Why?
what kind of values do most advertisements or commercials appeal to.
what’s really being sold in each ad? What else beside the product itself is being promoted?
what sells you on the product?
does this advert make males or females look stupid or used? If so how?