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\u201cHow was school?\u201d
\n\u201cOkay.\u201d
\n\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d
\n\u201cNothing.\u201d
\n\u201cAnything interesting happen?\u201d
\n\u201cNot really.\u201d<\/p>\n
Have you ever had discussions with your child that resembled this one? Now that my kids are teens, I sometimes feel like I need pliers to get more out of them. There are<\/em> days where they talk\u2026and talk\u2026and talk, but recently we hit a drought. I decided we needed help instigating discussion.<\/p>\n During the last three-day weekend, I gave each member of my family a two-page \u201cPersonal Inventory\u201d questionnaire. I told them they could work on it when it worked best for them, but we would discuss it that evening. I was pleasantly surprised my family complied without complaint. I curled up under the covers with some hot tea and completed my own homework assignment.<\/p>\n Later that night, we had a deep, three-hour bonding time that gave me helpful insight. The only criticism was that there were too many questions. I condensed the inventory into one page and will now share it with you. Hopefully it will lead you into a deep conversation with your <\/em>family. Feel free to tweak and customize it as needed.<\/p>\n Week 29–PERSONAL INVENTORY short version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cHow was school?\u201d \u201cOkay.\u201d \u201cWhat did you do?\u201d \u201cNothing.\u201d \u201cAnything interesting happen?\u201d \u201cNot really.\u201d Have you ever had discussions with your child that resembled this one? Now that my kids are teens, I sometimes feel like I need pliers to … Continue reading