Tonight with your 13 to 17 year old
The prompt
“What's the last time curiosity turned into a total accidental adventure?”
What to listen for
If they tell a spontaneous story with energy, that openness to wandering off-script is a great sign of a curious, unguarded mind, celebrate the story itself, not just the lesson in it.
If the adventure involved a little risk or mischief, resist the urge to focus only on the danger, they need to feel like the story is fun to you too, not just a liability to manage.
If nothing comes to mind, ask what they'd love to just wander into if they had a totally free day, sometimes imagining it is just as revealing.
What this tells you
A story about curiosity turning into adventure shows you how alive their sense of playfulness and exploration still is.