The Benefits of
Positive Conversations
Using word, picture and song ♫♫♫
WWRT: What Went Right Today?
generates positive conservations about the things
that are important in a child’s world
Benefits ... what we know

Research confirms what we know from our everyday experience…

  • Children between 3 – 8 years old are at the prime age for developing thought patterns that stay with them for life.
  • Talking about the good in everyday events and experiences helps children become better problem solvers, bounce back from disappointments and recover more quickly from trauma (1).
  • The expression of positive emotional attitudes in a young person’s life has a strong impact on the person’s longevity (2). The more optimistic a person is in his or her life, the longer life will be.
  • There is a universal tendency to learn positive words earlier in the acquisition of language and to more easily retain positive words (3). This tendency spans many cultures.

Meal times are a wonderful time to talk about
 What Went Right Today?

Families that talk around the table during meal time…

  • Have fewer behavioral problems and better achievement
    scores (4)
  • Have lower levels of tension and stress at home (5)
  • Are less likely to have friends or classmates who use illicit drugs or abuse prescription drugs (5)
  • Are more likely to have better grades at school (5)

During and after your wonderful family meal,
enjoy talking about

What Went Right Today?

This national award winning audio-picture book
sets the tone with its catchy, toe-tapping song,
inviting illustrations and engaging questions.

Coming soon…

Save and savor these wonderful conversations

Your child’s
What Went Right Today? Journal

Footnotes

(1) Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory at the University of Michigan

(2) Danner, D. D., Friesen, W. V., & Snowdon, D. A., University of Kentucky.

(3) Boucher, J., & Osgood, C. E. (1969). The Pollyanna Hypothesis. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 8, 1-8.

(4) University of Michigan, School of Social Work

(5) The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

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