Fun Questions to really Know your Kids | Questions to ask your kids

Questions to ask your kids – Engage them in conversation with fun questions to really know your kids.

As your child grows up the interactions with parents become lesser. Much against your wishes a tween tends to interact with a parent way lesser than a small child of six! I will be dreading that phase!

The problem is not with your child – communication is a two-way channel. Interacting with elder kids is very different from a 4^th grader! You need to have the right questions to ask your kids!

School is a big part of kids of this age and forming questions around their school, classes, friends, sports keep the conversation going. It is good not to be the controlling mom who tries to keep a note about every second of her child’s life.

Elder kids need some freedom too. But that doesn’t mean, you will not want to know about what they are thinking, whether they are going through any trouble etc. This is also the time when they are developing infatuations for the opposite gender – which they wouldn’t want to share typically.

Here are a few fun questions that you might ask to really know your kids well – questions to ask your kids

1. Did you make a new friend? What is his/ her name?
2. What is the silliest thing that happened in school today?
3. Where would you want to go for a vacation, if you wanted to go with your friends?
4. Where would you want to live when you grow up?
5. Do you like your family? Is there anything you would want to change?
6. Is there anyone who joined your class today?
7. What is the funniest thing that happened at soccer class?
8. What is the funniest thing that you did at the last sleep over/ play date?
9. Did you learn anything new today that you liked?
10. What is the subject you find most difficult in school? If you need help you can always ask.
11. Would you like to go for a movie with mom?
12. Did anyone upset you today? Would you like to share?
13. What is the wildest dream you have which you wish it turned true?
14. How are your friends doing?
15. Would you like to call a few friends for dinner over the weekend?
16. Which is the one place you would want to travel to when you are a grown-up?
17. Did you help anyone today? How?
18. Did you get angry at anyone? How did you manage to control it?
19. Did anyone at school try to bully you? Did you talk to the teacher? Do you want to talk to me?
20. Is there anything you want to know from my younger days?

The questions to ask your kids need to be tactfully placed. Keep the questions open-ended, ask them to engage in a conversation about their life. These fun questions might help you to keep the conversation going and know your kids well.

I am sharing Parenting hacks for Millennial Moms on this Season of A to Z Challenge. Adding the post links as I post them.
A – Amazing Moms
B-Boys -What Boys Need from their moms
C –  How to be a calm mom
D – Discipline kids without yelling
E – Raising Emotionally healthy Kids
F – French Parenting Tips
G – Gentle Parenting
I – Indian values to instill in your child
J – Jar of Positivity 

Until next time.

Cheers.

Tina

Xoxo