50 Questions To Ask Your Kid To Get Them Talking
Children are learning about life every single day. One important lesson is how to begin and maintain healthy relationships. Whether being a parent, family member, teacher or friend to a child, your relationship serves as a model for future relationships.
How does a conversation with your child help?
- Engaging in rich discussions teaches a child how to be an active participant in life.
- Talking with a child creates an opportunity to reveal something to them about the world around them.
- Conversations encourage children to think about new ideas, develop questions and make decisions. This later helps children become more independent and self-sufficient.
- Young children are naturally self-centered. They see the world as revolving around them. Through interaction with different people, children learn that there are many different kinds of people with differing ideas, life styles and opinions.
- Rich and frequent conversations with a wide variety of people can even teach a child how valuable diversity and discussion can be, as we each have something special to contribute.
- A healthy conversation always gives the child a sense of security helping them open up about themselves and ideas of interest to them and others.
- Talking to your child is a great way to find out more about what is happening in their life and mind.
- A conversation helps the child to feel included and needs to feel that her opinion is valued and important.
Questions You Can Ask Your Kid
- What did you eat for lunch?
- What games did you play at recess?
- Did anyone do anything super nice for you?
- What was the nicest thing you did for someone else?
- Who/What made you smile today?
- Did you have any embarrassing moments?
- What was the most beautiful thing you saw/heard today?
- Who brought the best food in their lunch today? What was it?
- Tell me something you learned about a friend today.
- What was your favorite subject to study today? Why?
- What rule is the hardest to follow for you?
- Did you face any challenges today? What were they?
- What would you rate your day on a scale of 1 to 10? Why?
- Who is the kindest person you know? Why?
- What is one thing you would like to learn to do well?
- When is the last time someone hurt your feelings? How did you react?
- What is the scariest thing that happened this month/year?
- What’s something that makes you angry?
- What’s the best compliment you ever received?
- What three words best describe you?
- What makes someone a good friend according to you?
- Do you think you are a good friend? Why do you think so?
- What have your friends been up to?
- What character makes you laugh the most?
- Who is your favorite storybook character?
- If you had to give all of your toys away, who would you give them to?
- What makes you excited?
- What’s your idea of a perfect day?
- If you opened a store, what would you sell?
- What is the craziest thing you’ve ever eaten?
- If you joined the circus, what would your circus act be?
- Do you think it’d be fun to learn another language?
- What do you enjoy giving people?
- Can you tell me what you’re going to dream about tonight?
- What do you like daydreaming about?
- What do you look forward to when you wake up?
- If you went back in time, what would you do?
- Would you rather go back in time or into the future?
- How do you show people you care?
- If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
- How do you think animals communicate?
- If you could outlaw one vegetable, what would it be?
- What goal to you have for this year?
- If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?
- Would you rather listen to music or read a book?
- If you had one super power- what would it be?
- What do you think you need to work on?
- Can you tell me things you enjoy doing with me?
- What do you think your life will be like in the future?
- What are you most thankful for in your life right now?
Talking and listening are two powerful tools for strengthening bonds. And by asking the right questions, you’ll be forming a lifelong relationship and be fostering a sense of friendship too. In this process, you also become a source of wisdom, guidance, and open-mindedness.