One Small Shift · Latest Issue
When every question becomes a checkpoint
How to ask about school without turning the kitchen into an interrogation room.
Term 3 is grinding on, the pressure is rising, and you have noticed the exchanges getting shorter.
You ask how school was, that practice exam went or whether the assignment is done, and you get a word back.. if that.
So, you ask again, a little more pointedly, and the shoulders go up, and what was meant to be a chat has become a standoff.
The one small shift this week
Swap one "have you done it?" for one "what's it actually like right now?" Ask it once, then stop talking and listen.
