Thoughts to Ponder #7 A way to generate conversation with your kids

 

Morning Sweet Friends,

Happy Tuesday to ya!!

Wanted to share something with you

that we did last night when we went

out to dinner with our 11 yr. old Grand-

Daughter, that was a hit with all of us.

We have this old game we bought

when our kids were young, called the 

"Ungame", made by James Dobson

of Focus on the family.  It's purpose

was to get families talking and having

conversation with their children.

We played it a few times, but think

our kids were maybe older when the 

game came out and the game really

 has no rules about winning, so nothing competitive to it, which isn't typically

 exciting to kids as a game, but we

decided rather than trying to play it

as a game, to just try using the cards 

with the questions on them, as we just

 sit around and talk for years now

with our Granddaughter.

Well, last night we knew we were 

taking her out to dinner, so I decided

just to take a lil stack of cards with

us, so we could play as we waited

on our food to come, as a way to

generate conversation. We all really

 enjoyed it and I would highly 

recommend it.  You could make up

your own questions and write them

on a list or make cards.

A few Sample questions:

1. If you could live anywhere in the

 world you wanted,  where would 

you live?

2. If you could own your own shop

or store what kind would it be?

         3.  What is your favorite dessert?

          4. If you could have any famous

              person you wanted come to your

              birthday party, who would it be?

              and why?

            5. If you were a dog, fruit, vegetable

                or anything else you can think of  

                what kind would you be?  (Just 

                pick one out of the above choices.)

Each person will take a card or question

and answer it first, then every person

gives an answer as well, then the next

person gets a card and answers and

so does everyone else, and then on to

the next person.

It was really a fun way to pass the 

time, and also generate conversation,

and get to know more about each

other, as some questions can be very

thought provoking.....

Just have fun with it.

Spurring you on.........

Nellie