It isn't just the filling up of an empty vessel with your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Kids have opinions, impressions, thoughts, and ideas of their own to share, if you would just ask. And if you are willing, they can even show you a new perspective. They tell the truth. We adults may be a little jaded, or perhaps we have forgotten what it's like to be a child.
Children have opinions about a lot of things.
Listen to their responses. From something as simple as what to cook for dinner to the more complicated matters of allowance and curfew, children have valid suggestions and observations of their own. Michelle proposed painting her room pink, yellow, and green plaid. Even very young children know what they like. Children are curious observers of their world.