CROSSTALK · FREE CONVERSATION QUESTIONS
For families with kids who answer every question with “fine.”
Start with Warm Up and see where the conversation takes you. Ask one question, listen to the answer, and ask it back. Anyone can pass at any time. There is no rush to go deeper.
Warm Up
- If you could have any animal as a pet, even a made-up one, what would it be?
- What made you laugh today?
- If you were in charge of dinner for a week, what would we eat?
- What superpower would be the most useful at school?
- What would you name a new planet?
- What is the silliest thing you saw today?
- If you could switch places with anyone in our family for a day, who would it be?
- What is your favorite thing to do on a weekend?
- What would you do if you were invisible for a day?
- What is the best thing you ever built, drew or made?
Get Real
- What was the best part of your day and the hardest part?
- Who was kind to you today? Who were you kind to?
- What is something you are really good at that we might not know?
- What is something that feels unfair to you?
- When do you feel the most brave?
- What is something new you learned this week?
- Who is someone at school you want to get to know better?
- What is something that made you feel proud of yourself?
- What do you do when you feel left out?
- What is something you want to do with just one of us?
Go Deep
- What is something that worries you sometimes?
- What makes you feel loved in our family?
- Is there anything you wish grown-ups understood about being a kid?
- What is something you want to get better at, and how can we help?
- Parents answer too: what were you scared of when you were their age?
- What helps you feel better when you are sad?
- What is something you wish you could change about your day?
- Is there anything you have wanted to tell us but did not know how?
- What kind of person do you want to be when you grow up? Not the job, the person.
- Everyone answers: what is one thing you love about the person next to you?
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