Mike DomitrzPresident, Author, and Speaker on Respect, The Center for Respect, Inc. · Author & Speaker on Respect for Schools, Corporations, & the Military since 1990 (has reached

When to have conversations with your children.

5 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube segment, speaker A shares practical guidance for parents on choosing the right moment to discuss sensitive topics with their children. The key advice is to wait until the child is ready and not to force a conversation immediately after an exciting or stressful event, as children may feel pressured. A humorous suggestion is to take the child out for ice cream, creating a relaxed environment where they are more receptive, but the speaker cautions against overusing this tactic. Speaker B provides brief affirmations. The overall message emphasizes patience, timing, and a calm setting to foster effective parent‑child communication.

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When is a good time for us to talk? That's exactly the wording I would use. Now if they're going, never, well either you can choose or I can choose. I'd like it to be on your time. Because one of the biggest mistakes we can make, I made it as a parent all the time, is we go to an event like this and we get all excited. So we run home and we're like, oh, we gotta talk now! And your kid's like, 17 years I got away without this conversation, but suddenly the world's gonna end if we don't talk tonight, right? It was stupid that I would do that because then they're like, I don't I don't want them to hear this conversation. So I should have waited till they were awake, till they were ready to go. When's a great time to talk to your kids? Take them to ice cream. They're stuck in the vehicle and they're happy. I'm not joking, by the way.
Mm-hmm.
Just don't do that all the time. They'll stop going for ice cream.