Car Questions

for kids to ask parents

 

  1. What were you like when you were my age? 

  2. What’s one of your favorite memories from your teenage years? 

  3. How did you meet mom/dad? 

  4. What did you want to be when you grew up, and why? 

  5. What were your favorite hobbies in high school? 

  6. What music did you listen to as a teenager? 

  7. What was the most important lesson your parents taught you? 

  8. What kind of student were you in school? 

  9. Did you have a childhood hero? Who was it and why? 

  10. What was your first job and what did you learn from it? 

  11. How did you choose your career? 

  12. What’s one adventure you had before you turned 20? 

  13. What were your grandparents like? 

  14. What’s a piece of advice you got that you think I should know? 

  15. What were your favorite books or movies when you were my age? 

  16. How have your dreams and goals changed over the years? 

  17. What challenges did you face growing up? 

  18. What do you wish you had known when you were my age? 

  19. What was the most rebellious thing you did as a teen? 

  20. How did you handle peer pressure? 

  21. What’s the best vacation you ever took? 

  22. What are you most proud of in your life? 

  23. What was your first concert like? 

  24. How did you and mom/dad decide on my name? 

  25. What sports did you play or follow when you were younger? 

  26. What’s a funny or embarrassing story from your teenage years? 

  27. What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever made? 

  28. What’s the biggest risk you’ve ever taken? 

  29. How did you make friends when you were my age? 

  30. What were your favorite TV shows or series as a teenager? 

  31. What world events had the most impact on you when you were younger? 

  32. What was your relationship like with your siblings growing up? 

  33. How did you manage stress or anxiety when you were younger? 

  34. What technology advancements surprised you the most over the years? 

  35. How did you celebrate your 18th birthday? 

  36. What’s one thing you’ve never told me about your youth? 

  37. What’s your biggest regret from when you were younger? 

  38. What did you think your life would be like when you were older? 

  39. What habits have you kept from your teenage years? 

  40. How did you meet your best friend? 

  41. What’s the most valuable lesson you’ve learned about friendship? 

  42. How have your priorities changed since you were my age? 

  43. What’s something you learned the hard way? 

  44. What were your parents strict about when you were growing up? 

  45. What traditions did your family have? 

  46. What’s your favorite family recipe? 

  47. What’s something you admire about your own parents? 

  48. How do you think being a teenager today is different from when you were one? 

  49. What’s one thing you hope I experience that you didn’t? 

  50. What did you think about the most when you were my age? 

  51. How did you handle your first big heartbreak? 

  52. What job did you have in college, if any? 

  53. What was your college experience like? 

  54. What did you use your first paycheck on? 

  55. Who were your role models growing up? 

  56. What was your first car and what memories do you have with it? 

  57. How did you handle disagreements with your parents? 

  58. What is something you used to believe that you no longer do? 

  59. How did you decide to settle down in our current location? 

  60. What advice would you give to your younger self? 

  61. What are some important values you want to pass on to me? 

  62. What’s the biggest change you’ve seen in the world during your lifetime? 

  63. How do you think your childhood experiences shaped who you are today? 

  64. What’s the most important thing you’ve learned about love and relationships? 

  65. What was your wedding day like? 

  66. How did you feel when you found out you were going to be a parent? 

  67. What’s the best part about being a parent? 

  68. What’s something you wish you had more time for? 

  69. What hobbies do you wish you had pursued or kept up with? 

  70. What’s a skill you wish you had learned when you were younger? 

  71. How do you deal with failure or disappointment? 

  72. What’s something you find challenging about parenting? 

  73. How do you balance work and family life? 

  74. What’s one thing you hope I will always remember? 

  75. How do you relax and unwind? 

  76. What’s the best trip you’ve ever taken? 

  77. What was it like for you to grow up in your hometown? 

  78. What’s the most important financial advice you can give me? 

  79. What’s a tradition you want to start in our family? 

  80. What’s something you miss about your teenage years? 

  81. How did historical events during your youth affect your outlook on life? 

  82. What are some mistakes you’ve made that you think I can learn from? 

  83. What’s the best thing about the era you grew up in? 

  84. What’s a change you’d like to see in the world? 

  85. What’s your favorite thing about our family? 

  86. What’s something you’d do differently if you could raise me again? 

  87. What was your favorite subject in school and why? 

  88. How do you think education has changed since you were in school? 

  89. What’s one thing you want to learn or achieve in the next year? 

  90. How do you think we’re alike and how are we different? 

  91. What’s the most important thing you’ve learned about managing money? 

  92. How did you choose the place where we live? 

  93. What’s one lesson you’ve learned from a difficult time in your life? 

  94. What was your favorite family vacation? 

  95. How do you hope the world will change by the time I’m your age? 

  96. What’s your favorite thing about being part of our family? 

  97. What do you think is the most important technological invention of your lifetime? 

  98. What’s a life skill you think every person should have? 

  99. How do you think your life is different from what you imagined it would be? 

  100. What’s the best piece of life advice you ever received?