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[–] 15 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Teenage me is like 7 dimensions ahead of you. Would've just said "I don't know" for both. IMO you should talk yo your kids about things they want to talk with you about. I never liked taking about school but whenever mum and dad asked me about what I was thinkering with on my car I had a lot more to say

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  • [–] 11 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    I don't know if you meant "thinkering" but I like that word

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    Its like tinkering but I was in school and drove a shitbox so a lot of the hobby was just figuring out how to make it start with no tools, no parts and only friends for help. I did a lot of push starts out of my school parking lot lol.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago

    Well I guess there's just no "one size fits all" and you really need to know your own kid/teenager. The math class and favorite thing from parent comment serve as good examples to try with a younger kid, but over time you learn what your kid's like as a person (as the personality itself changes over time). I myself was hella bored with school and would've answered similarly. Of course my mom knew me well enough not to ask me questions I wouldn't answer anyway, or at least not very often.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Parents should be invested in their child’s education. I blame my receding hairline on the fact that many are not.

    I’m not saying parents need to go class by class or something, but school is such a big part of a kids life that they need to have at least a vague idea of what’s happening.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago* (1 child)

    What you're describing is just interrogation, not participation. Take them to the library, get them a library card, help them find books that might interest them. Teach them everything you know, and about how to learn, why to learn, what good it'll all do them. That is being invested in your child's education.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 days ago

    Today, a church came to my school and took pictures of children (brandishing bibles of course.)

    If you were a parent, wouldn’t you want to hear about that?

    “Interrogation” is in the way you ask. Being invested in your child’s education should include an awareness of what is happening at school. You should be demonstrating to children that their education is important and valuable.

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