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Conversation Questions Family

The document contains various potential questions to ask families about different topics related to family structure and dynamics. The questions are grouped into categories such as basic family information, parenthood, childhood memories, topics that could generate debate, and raising children. Sample question topics include number of siblings, parental relationships and roles, holidays, discipline styles, ancestors, and making the family stronger.

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Conversation Questions Family

The document contains various potential questions to ask families about different topics related to family structure and dynamics. The questions are grouped into categories such as basic family information, parenthood, childhood memories, topics that could generate debate, and raising children. Sample question topics include number of siblings, parental relationships and roles, holidays, discipline styles, ancestors, and making the family stronger.

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These are some conversation questions about family in which basic information is asked:

1. How many brothers and sisters do you have?


2. Are you an only child?
3. Do you have younger or older brothers / sisters?
4. Do you keep in touch with your parents and siblings?
5. Are you married or single?
6. Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend?
7. Do you have any children?
8. Do you get along with the rest of the members of your family?
9. Do you ever argue with your parents and siblings?
10. How often do you meet your cousins?
11. If you are married, how well do you get along with your in-laws?
12. Who is the oldest person in your family?
13. Who is the funniest person in your family?
14. Do you usually have family gathering?
15. What do you like the most about your family?

These are some conversation questions about families that deal specifically with parenthood.
1. Do you still live with your parents?
2. What’s the best thing about your mom or dad?
3. Are your parents strict?
4. Are your parents flexible?
5. Where does your mother work?
6. Where does your father work?
7. Are your parents permissive or authoritative?
8. Are your parents overprotective?
9. Who is more overprotective? Your mom or your dad?
10. Do you live with your mom and dad?
11. Are your parents divorced?
12. What are some characteristics of permissive parents?
13. What are some characteristics of authoritative parents?
14. Do your parents trust you?

These are some conversation questions about families that deal with the past.
1. What are some of your childhood memories?
2. How did you get your name?
3. Did your parents let you stay up late?
4. Did you parents let you watch TV ?
5. How did your family celebrate holidays?
6. How often did you go on vacation with your family?
7. What games did you use to play with your brothers / sisters?
8. How often did you go on family trips?

These are some conversation questions about family that might generate some debate:
1. Do many wives work in your country?
2. Who should care of elderly people?
3. Should people get married in their early 20’s?
4. Who has the most power in your family?
5. What is the perfect number of children a family should have?
6. What do you think of people who marry and decide not to have children?
7. What do you think about couples who have more like 6 children?
8. Is it better for mothers to stay at home with kids or go to work?
9. Do you prefer spending time with your family or friends?
10. What’s the best age to get married?
11. Which is better: being married or being single? Why?
These are some conversation questions about families that deal specifically with raising children
1. How many children would you like to have?
2. Do you think your parents were good parents?
3. What are some things that your parents did that you would never do?
4. Would you like to raise your children in the way that you were raised?
5. What qualities would you like to have as father / mother?
6. Do you help your children with homework?
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7. Do you think that children should help with chores around the house?
8. What would you do if your son or daugher gets a tattoo?
9. What are some things that your children aren’t allowed to do?
10. Do you often read to your children? / Did you often read to your children?
11. Do you think you spoil your children?

Family
 What three words do you think best describe our family?
 What is your favorite family tradition?
 How do you think your friends' families compare to ours? Are they about as close? Closer? More distant? Why
do you think that?
 Do you think your friends talk to their parents?
 What do you think makes a family close?
 On a scale of 1 to 10, how strict are the parents in our family? What is the ideal number?
 Can you list the most important rules in our family? What are they?
 What do I and your other parent do when you do something against our rules?
 Is the discipline in our family fair?
 What’s the best thing about our family?
 If you could change one thing about each of your parents, what would it be?
 What are the most important things your parents have taught you?
 What do you think are the most important qualities of a good parent?
 What do you think makes a happy family?
 Tell each person in the family why you’re glad they’re part of the family.
 How do you think our family is the same or different from other families?
 Do you want to have kids when you grow up? Why or why not?
 What kind of parent will you be?
 What are the good things about having siblings? What are the bad things?
 What is the most important thing to do to have a good relationship with a sibling?
 Do you have better or worse relationships with your sibling(s) than your friends?
 What do you like best about each of your siblings?
 Do you think you will be close to your siblings when you grow up?
 How many of your ancestors can you name and what do you know about them?
 Would you rather time-travel into the past to meet your ancestors or into the future to meet your descendants?
 When your descendants look back, what do you want them to say about you?
 How are you like each of your parents? How are you different?
 What did you do today to help our family or make our family life better?

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