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I got a mother and son journal for my son when he was 9 years old. I wanted to have a place we could communicate that took out some of the pressure of face to face conversations. We got started with it, and I am glad for the opportunity it gave us to keep in tune with one another and keep open communication as we moved towards the tween years.<\/p>\n

You can read about initial reactions and then a follow up a few years later below. I’ve also rounded up some more ideas and tips for how to use a mom and me journal to connect with your kid. This post contains affiliate links to the journals.<\/p>\n

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Between Mom and Me \u2013 Mother and Son Journal. \u201cFor the mother and son who crave a rule-free, creative way to connect with each other.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are my favorite mother child journals that I’ve seen (Katie Clemons makes a Mom and Me journal that is for mothers and daughters too.<\/a>) I like how it\u00a0has a guide page where you decide together how you’ll use the journal, and the questions are on point \u2013 some are fun or silly, some ask things you’d love to know about each other, but that might feel less awkward to write rather than discuss.<\/span><\/p>\n

Examples of questions on a two page spread (one page for mom, one page for son):<\/h3>\n

For Mom<\/strong> \u2013 Dear mom, what are some of your favorite parts of being a parent?
For Son<\/strong> -What do you think about what I wrote about being a parent? Do you think you want to be a parent some day?<\/p>\n

Initial reactions<\/strong> \u2013 my son was cautiously excited about writing in this journal with me.<\/p>\n

To get started we sat down together to fill out the first page (our full names, what we call each other, how we sign our names and our ages and the date we started the journal). Then I drew a silly stick figure drawing of us and he added a few more details to our picture. We turned to the guide page which asks whether our answers are secret, how we’ll exchange the journal, how long we have to write our answers and so on. We made it through a couple of the questions before he asked if we could finish another time.\u00a0
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This is what is key with making the Between Mom and\u00a0Me<\/a> journal work for us. 1. Not pushing too much, and 2. I’m the instigating force behind the journal to keep it up. I’m the one looking for that opportunity to write answers to journal questions and pass it back and forth.<\/p>\n

A follow up a four years later<\/strong> \u2013 We found this journal on the shelf when moving some things in my son’s room. It didn’t have too much written in it, however the entries we did have are fun to read, and nostalgic to look back on. He remembered working on it and had treasured our alone time when we were writing in the journal. We filled out a couple more questions and tucked it back on his shelf. It’s useful for me to remember that things like this don’t have to be done perfectly in order to make memories.<\/p>\n

Another thing that I’d tell my younger self is that it’s ok if my child wants to dictate to me and let me write down the answers. I imagined this being a journal we’d write in separately, but it turned out we mainly sat together with it. I look back and think \u2013 oh, right. At 9 it wasn’t super quick for him to write things.<\/em> There’s no need to make it more challenging.<\/p>\n

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I would recommend these guided journals for moms and kids who are willing to write or draw their responses and who want to gain a deeper understanding of each other. Kids ages 8-15, give or take.<\/p>\n

More Mommy and Me or Daddy and Me Journal Ideas:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Find more ways to connect in the following journals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Make Your Own Mom and Me Connection Journal<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Photo Credit: Alissa Zorn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n