About this episode
Christian Wright discusses the challenges children face in answering questions about their school day and how parents can facilitate better conversations.
Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses the difficulty of asking children what they did at school that day and why often they'll simply say "nothing". Christian and Kathryn explore why this question is so hard for children to answer and how can parents turn it into a back-and-forth interaction, all while building a child's language and conversation skills Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
People in this episode
Guest: Christian Wright
Topics covered
- children's communication
- parenting
- language development
- school experiences
- conversation skills
Keywords
- speech therapy
- language skills
- children
- school
- parenting
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: RNZ
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