Questions for kids to get to know them better

Did you know that preschoolers ask approximately 300 questions per day?

My kids can never stop asking questions. I know it’s a good way to get to know their thoughts. But sometimes, it drives me nuts.

But the truth is that as children grow older, they may not talk as much as they do now. Getting them to open up about their lives to you may become more challenging.

As a result, it’s a good idea to practice asking questions and getting to know one another through sharing.

Let’s flip the script and ask our children some questions.

By asking your child some of the probing questions here, you can learn more about their unique personality.

For maximum family participation at mealtimes, I like to ask three or four of these questions. Everyone enjoys it a lot.

So here are 70 questions for kids to get to know them better.

These Questions for kids are also great for keeping the conversation going during long car rides.

1. How would you explain the word love to someone without using the word “love”?

2. Do you believe money can or can’t buy happiness?

3. What if you could have one superpower? What would it be?

4. Describe yourself in 5 words or less.

5. If you could give every person a gift in the world, what would it be?

6. If you were President & had to have 3 people to assist you, who would you pick and why?

7. If you could set one rule for the family that we all have to follow, what would it be?

8. Where would you live if you could pick anywhere in the world? Why?

9. When do you feel a teen becomes an adult?

10. What have you learned in life that you feel will be the most useful?

11. Describe what a perfect day would be from the moment you wake until bed.

12. If you could change anything in the world, what 3 things would it be and why?

13. If you could eat dinner with 3 people you don’t know, who would it be, and where would you go?

14. Do you think it’s better to have one great skill you’re an A+ at or many skills you’re a C at?

15. What’s the best invention you’ve seen recently, and what do you like about it?

16. What makes our family amazing?

17. What are 3 things you’re grateful for?

18. What are 3 really small victories you have been proud of in the last few days?

19. What’s a hobby you don’t currently do that you’d love to learn & what’s holding you back?

20. What do you feel are the most important things to living an extraordinary life?

21. If we lost everything we owned today but could keep 3 things, what would you pick and why?

22. If you wrote a book, what would it be about?

23. How do you make a friend?

24. Think of the worst thing that’s happened to you.. what did you learn from it?

25. Of all the things you’re learning. What do you think will be most useful as an adult?

26. If you could travel back in time 3 years, what advice would you give yourself?

27. Which of your friends do you think l would or do like the most? Why?

28. If you could grow up to be famous, what would you be famous for?

29. How would you change the world if you could?

30. How can you help someone today?

31. If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, what would it be?

32. If you had enough money that you never had to work, what would you do with your time?

33. Have you passed up on any chances that you now regret? What were they?

34. If you were told you would live forever, what would you change about your life?

35. What are you most afraid of?

36. What do you think is keeping you from complete happiness?

37. What’s your greatest strength and greatest weakness?

38. What achievement are you most proud of?

39. What’s one thing you did in the last 24 hours to make someone’s life better?

40. Where in the world would you most like to live?

41. What’s had the most significant impact on your life, good or bad, and why?

42. What do you do when you can’t sleep at night?

43. How do you show people you care?

44. What product would you stockpile if you found out it wasn’t going to be sold anymore?

45. Do you have any bad habits you wish you could break? What are they?

46. If you had no physical, financial, age or any other obstacles, what skills would you like to have?

47. If you could only eat food that is the same colour for the REST of your life, what colour would you choose?

48. What do you think they would do if your toys were like Toy Story and could talk and play when you weren’t around?

49. What do you think is the most challenging job in the world?

50. What one thing would you like to invent to make life easier for people?

51. What is one thing you think kids have it hard and adults easy?

52. What would you want to be famous for?

53. If you had more than 24 hours a day, what would you do with the extra time?

54. If you felt sorry about misbehaviour, what would you do to make yourself feel better?

55. How can you help a friend who struggles with studies?

56. If you could invent a new subject that would be taught to all children in school, what would the subject be? Why do you think children need to learn about your subject?

57. What if your group mates rejected your project idea?

58. What would it be about if you made a video film?

59. If you had a secret hideout, what would you keep in it?

60. If you could time travel, which year/memory/event would you return to?

61. What would you do if you could be invisible for one day?

62. What’s one of your wishes that came true in the last 12 months?

63. What do you daydream about often?

64. If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?

65. What’s your favourite way to spend time with mom/dad?

66. What’s one thing you wanted to ask mom/dad but you were too scared to ask?

67. What is your favorite thing to do with friends?

68. If you were a teacher and could teach your students anything at all, what would you teach them?

69. If you could open a store, what would you sell?

70. What would you do if you had to make your own money?

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WHY ASK QUESTIONS TO KIDS?

It’s challenging to find time to have meaningful conversations with our children when we’re also juggling a demanding work schedule, household responsibilities, and the demands of raising a family.

However, asking these sorts of questions to children in a concentrated 10-minute session can elicit insightful responses and spark engaging discussions.

Don’t you think it’s a win-win situation?

Do tell me in the Comment section which of the above questions you can’t wait to ask. I’ll go first, I am eagarly waiting to ask question number -56.

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This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla.

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