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How To Get Teenagers To Talk | Dave and Ashley Willis

Name: How To Get Teenagers To Talk | Dave and Ashley Willis
Uploaded: 2023-02-16T17:00:35+00:00
Duration: 15 s
Channel: Dave Willis
Description: Dave and Ashley Willis share what actually works with their teenagers. Their older boys talk more when walking the dog side-by-side than when asked about…

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Dave and Ashley Willis share what actually works with their teenagers. Their older boys talk more when walking the dog side-by-side than when asked about their day right after getting home. Arrival time is the wrong moment to push for conversation.

Our older two boys, they love our dog. And I can usually talk them into, hey, let's, let's go on a walk. And when we walk the dog together, when we're walking side by side, they open up a whole lot more than they do when I just. When they get home from school and I'm like, hey, tell me about your day. And they just like grunt and don't say anything.
That's not the best time.
They don't want to talk. And so I've learned, like, you know what, that's fine.
You're better at that than me, though. I'm still like, I want to talk to you after you come home from school. I don't need to like, have a full blown conversation, but I wanna know what's going on. That's been a little bit of a sticking point for me as a mom because I'm like, I just wanna know. Just talk to me. I wanna gauge, I guess the counselor inside of me is like, I wanna gauge your heart. Like, I wanna know where your heart and mind is right now. And so I've had to, literally. My oldest, he's more of an introvert. And I get it, I'm an introvert too. And when he comes home from school, he needs to decompress. He's been around people all day. But I also think that we have to teach our kids just basic communication skills where when someone asks you a question, you look them in the eye, you show them respect, and you answer in a basic way how your day was.