This curated list of 57 questions to ask kids and teens fits the bill to a T! Goodness knows those are not hard to come by with teens especially! With this foundation, kids can jump in with the confidence that their perspective is valuable and without the fear of “getting it wrong” or feeling intimidated. Great conversations with kids and teens are often grounded in their personal experiences, likes and dislikes, or opinions. Trust me on this, it was once my job to ask questions that actually get kids talking and thinking. Yes/no questions, or overly-specific questions that require a lot of knowledge for lift off can prove much less fruitful. “How”, “why,” and opinion-based questions are discussion gold. The key to kickstarting quality time? Asking the right questions. And as any parent knows, there’s a difference between time technically spent in the same room and quality time spent connecting with kids. We’re asking ourselves what to do with the sheer amount of time available to us now, as it has been for almost a year. If every night is basically family game night, it becomes somewhat less precious, right? What is there left to talk about when your family has had, well, each other to talk to in person for months on end? Now it’s here in abundance in many households, but with some tricky strings attached. Time together was once a much scarcer commodity, making family game nights or no-cell phone dinners all the more special. Working and learning from home has (literally) brought thousands of families closer, and the absence of typical excursions has created more opportunities to interact with and entertain one another at home.īut for many, it’s been a mixed blessing. On one hand, more time with family at home has been a silver lining of these challenging times. It’s also an antidote for a unique dilemma posed by unprecedented hours at home. Whether it’s in the car, between Zoom meetings, or around the dinner table, having fun, interesting questions at the ready is the ultimate cure to shrugs or monosyllabic responses. Let’s face it: it’s time to revamp conversations with kids.
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