20 questions you can ask children to help them express their feelings

To understand your child better, it is important to know their emotions and thoughts. That's what strengthens the parent-child bond and fosters his or her holistic development. Here are 20 questions you can ask your child to get them to talk about their feelings.

2 min readDec 27, 2018 12:45 PM IST First published on: Dec 26, 2018 at 01:18 PM IST

Ask your child questions to help express his or her feelings better. (Source: Getty Images)

Most children are unable to express their feelings adequately. And that’s because parents, more often than not, tend to dismiss the child’s feelings as naive musings. Inculcating values or giving proper education to your child is not enough. To understand your child better, it is important to know their emotions and thoughts. That’s what strengthens the parent-child bond and fosters his or her holistic development. Here are 20 questions you can ask your child to get them to talk about their feelings:

1. What was the funniest thing that happened at school today?