It’s impossible for us to capture every single moment of our child’s day, yet it’s wonderful to get a glimpse of what they experienced. For us, asking simple, open-ended questions works well: “Who or what did you play with today? Did you make anything? Were you outside?” These little conversations often reveal more than we expect.
At the end of the day, during our evening prayer, we share three moments that went well. It’s our small ritual – it helps us notice even the little positives, even if parts of the day didn’t go perfectly. For us, it works, but it’s not a “one-size-fits-all” method – just our personal experience.
That’s such a wonderful ritual, which I’m sure it helps your children to recall, reflect on, and therefore process and integrate some of their experiences. Not to mention knowing that they are still “seen” even if a large part of their day was away from you. I think the questions are key, and I like that yours are more directed than just “what happened/what did you do today?” — you are cueing them to revisit specific parts of their day and then you can see what comes up from there. Thank you so much for sharing this practice, which I’m sure will help others :-)
It’s impossible for us to capture every single moment of our child’s day, yet it’s wonderful to get a glimpse of what they experienced. For us, asking simple, open-ended questions works well: “Who or what did you play with today? Did you make anything? Were you outside?” These little conversations often reveal more than we expect.
At the end of the day, during our evening prayer, we share three moments that went well. It’s our small ritual – it helps us notice even the little positives, even if parts of the day didn’t go perfectly. For us, it works, but it’s not a “one-size-fits-all” method – just our personal experience.
That’s such a wonderful ritual, which I’m sure it helps your children to recall, reflect on, and therefore process and integrate some of their experiences. Not to mention knowing that they are still “seen” even if a large part of their day was away from you. I think the questions are key, and I like that yours are more directed than just “what happened/what did you do today?” — you are cueing them to revisit specific parts of their day and then you can see what comes up from there. Thank you so much for sharing this practice, which I’m sure will help others :-)