Questions for Kids at Dinner to Get Answers

We spend a lot of time together at the dinner table since we try to eat together as often as possible. Dinner time is the best time to find out what is happening in everyone’s lives and it creates a real connection and increases the bonds with our children. Sometimes when I used to ask my sons how their day was, they would always say ok and the conversation would end there. I would be surprised when another mother (usually of a daughter) would tell me something funny about my son or something that was going on in school. Of course, I had no idea that all this was happening.  

Here are a few questions to help you relate and speak to your kids during dinnertime even when they don’t seem to have anything to tell you. I am talking to you, mothers of boys :)

1. What did you do at recess today?

2. Who did you play with?

3. What was the most popular game at recess? Was everyone invited to play?

4. What was the kindest thing you said or did today? 

5. What was the kindest thing that you saw today?

6. Who needed an extra dose of your kindness today?

7. What was the best thing that happened today?

8. What was the most challenging thing that happened today? What did you do to resolve it

9. Did you notice if anyone was having a rough day today? How did you help them?

10. Who would you like to invite to play with you or to an activity and why?

11. How did you make someone laugh or smile today?

12. Was there anyone you struggled to be kind to? Why?

13. Is there anything that happened today you feel nervous to talk to me about, like it might shock me? Because it won’t.

14. When your child had a tough day at school, ask him if he helped somebody else and this will help him focus on other people instead of just himself.

15. What did you learn that you didn’t understand?

16. Rate your day on a scale from 1-10? Why did you pick that number?

17. What are your two best highs and two best lows about your day?

18. What are you reading? writing? learning about?

19. What made you feel proud today?

20. What are you most looking forward to tomorrow (this week)?

Inspired by: https://herviewfromhome.com/50-questions-to-ask-your-kids-instead-of-asking-how-was-your-day/