The Art of Talking With Kids

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care

We talk to our kids all day, but how can we use these conversations to help them reach their full potential? Our guest is Rebecca Roland, a speech pathologist, Harvard lecturer, and author of the book The Art of Talking with Children.
In this episode, we discuss:

• What is rich talk, and why is it important?
• You talk about different types of conversations. What are some of the different conversations we should have with our children?
• Conversations for learning.
• Conversations for empathy.
• Conversations for social skills.
• Conversations for confidence and independence.
• Conversations for building relationships.
• Conversations for openness.
• Conversations to promote joy and creativity.

This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

• Weekly podcasts
• Weekly articles/blog posts
• Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily

Support the Show.

Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily