Connecting Questions

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CONNECTING DURING CORONA (the other CDC)

This is our first question of Connecting During Corona (CDC). It may seem like a no brainer question, but I wouldn’t overlook it because it seems obvious. We talked through our fears and it wasn’t necessarily getting sick that scared my kids, but other things associated with school and family.

One nugget of advice in asking questions is to not stop at the first answer that is given, but follow up with the question, “and what else?”

I’ve heard that it's often the second or third answer that really gets to the core of what a person is feeling. So go deeper and ask what else scares him or her, and give space for explaining it.

No fixes, no quick “make you feel better” answers, just listening and letting the person feel heard and seen.