Robin Fivush

We listen to stories all the time.

Most of the stories, and we're talking about, you know, a 35, 40-minute dinnertime conversation, most of the stories are what are called today I stories.

So most of these table conversations were four, five people.

So you're coming back together at the end of the day, and you want to weave yourself back together as a family.

So a lot of it is, tell me about your day.

What happened?

And, you know, we got what we expected.

How was your math test?

Did you make up with Jenny after your fight yesterday?

But what also surprised us is that the parents also talked about their day with their children.

They talked about what happened at work or what happened in their social life.

So they are starting to open up the world for their teenagers.

This is what an adult world looks like.

This is the world you're going to be developing into, right?

It's not just your perspective on the world.

I'm telling you stories about my world.

So it's really opening the world up for them.

So that's a lot of it.

But then about a third of the stories are these family stories where the family –

is talking about something is said and somebody says, and it's just as frequently the child as the parent.