Tonight: one film, one question, then listen.

Your first 14 days

One film a day. One question a day.

Four steps

1. 1

   Choose your child's age

   3 to 5 · 6 to 8 · 9 to 11 · 12 to 14 · 15 to 18

2. 2

   One film a day

   Kindergarten children should have someone sit with them. Older children can watch together or alone. Suggested time: 15 minutes for ages 3 to 5, 25 for ages 6 to 8, 30 for ages 9 to 11, 40 for ages 12 to 14 and 55 for ages 15 to 18.

3. 3

   Ask one question

   Two minutes at most. There is no right or wrong answer.

4. 4

   Put the screen down and talk for a minute

   That is all.

Miss a day and it does not matter. Start again tomorrow.

Three questions for after the film

Remember these three and you are set. Ask them at the dinner table or anywhere else. Any one will do, in any order. Short of time? Ask one.

1. What surprised you most today?
2. If you were there, how would you feel, or what would you do?
3. What is the same, or different, compared with our home, or with when your grandparents were young?

How to listen

After 14 days

Fourteen days is the start, not the finish. From day 15 you do exactly the same.

• One film a day, one question a day. Teenagers do not need to be asked at all. Tell them once that they can tell you whenever they like.
• Children choose more and more themselves, both the topic and the film. The older they get, the more they pick.
• Time per day grows with age, on the same scale as above.
• If your child asks for the same film again, or the same topic for several days, let them. They are choosing.

Start on any screen you have

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