Dinner time has turned into an informal school debriefing. Because my wife and I have opposite schedules, one of us knows about our daughter’s day and the other doesn’t. When we sit down to eat, then, the one who picked her up gets to present leading questions and the absent parent gets to task follow-ups.
The questions serve a couple purposes.
- They keep our peripatetic daughter at the table for more than five minutes.
- They give our daughter the chance to recall details from earlier conversations.
- They give the present parent a chance to show that they’ve listened to said earlier conversation.
- They provide ample opportunity for laughs. The stories usually devolve into giggles as either me or my wife or my daughter start riffing on the day’s events.
Tonight’s nugget: my daughter looks forward to music class every Friday.
Learning Together 