Bucket Emptying: 5 Questions to Ask Your Child Instead of 'How Was School?'

If you’ve ever asked your children “How was school?” and received “Fine”, “I don’t know”, or total silence, you’re not alone. Our children walk through the door with a full emotional bucket, tired from holding themselves together all day, so the usual questions just don’t work.

In today’s bucket emptying episode, I give you five simple questions you can start using today that help your kids open and help you connect deeper and communicate better.

If you want to strengthen your relationship with your child, reduce after‑school battles, and finally hear what their day was really like, this episode gives you the exact language and structure to do it.

These five questions are so much more than ice-breakers.

So take a seat, pour yourself a cuppa, and enjoy the conversation…

Highlights from this episode:

00:55 - Stop asking impossible questions

04:09 - Talking is not the same as being ready to connect

08:09 - Consistency is safe

10:26 - Plant the seeds

12:40 - The 5 questions

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