How about having a place in the home to show the outcomes of the children's work?

By showing children's works and tests to adults, casual conversations and interactions among family members will be more likely to occur.

And as such casual interactions increase, parents' understanding and interest in their children will deepen.

By creating a place to show these things on the dining table where the family gathers, we believe this will focus attention on the children's activities and thoughts, generate conversation, and deepen the relationship between parents and children.

This table has a small stage that can be operated from underneath the tabletop. This means that only children who can enter and perform activities underneath can bring up the stage.

While adults prepare meals, drink coffee, or read a book, children prepare the stage under the table and show their own outcomes.

Then, "What did you make?", "What did you do best?", "Wow! You got 100 points⁉"or "You've done your homework well, haven't you?"  We can almost hear such conversations.

I think that putting other things on the stage besides the works and tests, such as birthday cakes and meals, will create new dialogues and interactions.

In that way, parents can be interested in children's activity and say, "Oh! The stage is coming up! What's going to be on it today?" and this will lead to new conversations and more casual interactions between adults and children.