Camilla McGill explains why kids clam up: limited language skills, fear of saying the wrong thing, exhaustion after school, and preference for screens. She frames silence as a normal response to unmet needs, not defiance.
So reasons our kids don't open up to us is pretty similar to reasons why we may not open up to other people, right? There are— kids are humans. Yeah. Some kids don't have the language to sort of say what's going on for them, and so they might act out or they might communicate through their behavior. Other kids may feel like it's too much pressure, like there's a right answer and a wrong answer. They can tell kind of that it's a high-stakes conversation, and so they just are like, "Yeah, no, I'm out. I'm not touching this one." You know, still other kids just don't enjoy it. You know, they're tired. They maybe have had a long day at school. We wanna hear everything about the day, and they're like, "No, I'd rather be on my iPad."
