Three Questions to Ask Your Kids Other Than "How's School?"
Topic: Communication, Friendship, Parenting, Relationships
Do you dread that awkward lag of conversation when you sit down to talk with your kid? Sometimes when we have conversations with our kids it can feel like they are complete strangers. If we make an effort to expand beyond the basic questions of 'how are you?' and 'what was your day like?' our kids may even become our friends. In this week's video, Alisa Grace gives us three questions to ask our children that help us grow closer together.
Alisa Grace
Alisa Grace ('92) serves as the co-director of the Biola University Center for Marriage and Relationships where she also co-teaches a class called "Christian Perspectives on Marriage and Relationships." While she speaks and blogs regularly on topics such as dating relationships, marriage, and love, she also loves mentoring younger women and newly married couples, speaking at retreats and providing premarital counseling. Alisa and her husband, Chris, have been married over 30 years and have three wonderful children: Drew and his wife Julia, Natalie and her husband Neil, and their youngest blessing, Caroline.
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