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SUMMARY:Organise a 10 minute Q&A with the kids
DESCRIPTION:Let them ask you anything and answer honestly and openly with them.\nMake notes about what was said and how you feel afterwards.\nIt was a sunny afternoon during the first lockdown of the pandemic,\nthis is one of my lasting memories.\nIt’s fascinating what my kids have on their mind that doesn’t come out in\nconversation until I created the space and permission to do it. Like many a\nprofessional setting, we don’t find out the real crux of an issue or develop\nbetter relationships without working on the conversations to identify and\ndevelop.\nDuring the lockdown that came with the pandemic we had a lot of time\nunder each other’s feet. This meant there were times things could get a little\nstressful or short tempered. I was conscious though that lockdown and the\nconstraints that came with it also affected the kids not just us grown ups,\nso I wanted to check in with them too and show them that their opinion and\nfeelings matter.\nSo a couple of times a week I would arrange a 10 minute 1 to 1 with each of\nthem that they controlled the agenda. It was brilliant to see them setting up\nthe space in the garden; a little table, kids chairs, a plate of biscuits and 2\nglasses of water!\nIt was such a nice time that I remember fondly when then kids would truly\nshare what is on their mind as my whole attention was on them. I really think\nit helped them and something I want to continue but as things returned back\nmore to what normal was in 2019, habits get dropped or forgotten.\nNew ways of working and living were highlighted in 2020 that benefitted\nmany and encouraged a better work life blend. So I often wonder, why the\nrace to go back to pre pandemic working patterns? The 10 minute Q&A is one\nof my lasting memories so something I really need to continue!\n
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