You don’t have to talk about every book your child reads. There are no “right” answers to open-ended questions about books. It’s more important to ask compelling questions than to get compelling answers. Your job is simply to plant the seed, and if it works for your family, you can deepen the conversation by helping your child collect his own favorite passages from books in a simple reading journal. This will go a long way in connecting you to your child, but it’s only the beginning. Now we need to know which questions to ask to get juicy discussions going.
