I love this concept, I’ve actually made a few cards up like you get from board games of just random questions or tasks to do as part of our dinner routine, always a fun experience. Might get a dare – do a funny face, might get a truth- tell us your favourite teacher etc (kid appropriate), might get a question relating to our day – what was your favourite part of your day, might get a card to tell a joke etc etc and it really brings the family together on the nights we can eat as a family. Having so many after school activities I think it’s important to interact as a family when we can.

Love this!! Some simple questions but sometimes we just forget basics

I love this article. I didn’t grow up with family meal times, where as my husband did. When we had children we decided dinners together were a must.

Now we sit at the table as a family, and discuss our days. We use several of the suggestions, including who did you play with and what did you play. It enables us to follow wht their interests are, how they’re going socially at school and of course noticing any changes alerting us to any concerns.

will write a few of these down as I tend to fall into the same questions on the way home from school.

These are the types of things I discuss with my daughter on the way home from school. I get a lot of I don’t know or I can’t remember !!!

This list is great. I don’t get much out of DS5 on his is days was. I get I don’t know or I can’t remember.

That is a great list but I can see it going effective for only a short time. Once they get into high school, getting information from teenagers is near on impossible, no matter how you try and word it

We have been doing most of these the past year and it honestly opens up the conversation so much! Sometimes it doesn’t straight away but it leaves them with those questions in m ind and later on when they’ve been home for a little while – sometimes that’s when I get the barrage of information!

My daughter share with me every thing no need to ask

I do already ask my oldest these questions. I get the same answer every day. I don’t remember. I did read a fantastic article the other day. That you ask during dinner 2 questions 1st what was one thing you learnt today, the next was what was one thing that made you hay

I missed out on being home when my boys finished school each day though I did ask them when I got home. Unfortunately I had to start getting dinner ready at the same time.

We always ask about each others days around the table after school or at the dinner table so everyone is there and can hear. I love these questions and although several of them we already use I will be using some of the others tonight – especially the one about who made you smile today.

Love these chats and the one of who made you smile today. Will be using that one.

Good list! My kids volunteer all info before we can even make it to the car!

My son used to get in the car and download about his whole day. No questions required.

I love these ideas! I normally ask how was your day and did you learn something new, but often get the one word answers- this encourages kids to think about their answers.

It’s so important to ask and listen

When my daughter was in primary school, I always picked her up from school. While walking home, we always talked about her day, what she did, what she learned, what she played with her friends. I loved those moments! 🙂

Your kids are either talkers or clams – so very hard to understand the clams. However, if the clams change their mannerisms it’s easier to see than the talkers.

My son has always been a talker. As soon as he gets in the car after school he downloads. He’s now 16 and this has not changed.