The STRONG Challenge
CONNECT with your Family!
Questions to ask at the dinner table, in the car, or at bedtime.
HOW WAS YOUR DAY…
Who brings the best food for lunch? What do they bring?
Who did you play with at recess today?
What is the most popular thing to do at recess?
How did you help someone today?
What really made you laugh today?
What was the funniest part of your day?
Who made you smile and how did they do it?
What challenged you today?
Did anything make you feel scared today?
What was the best thing you heard today?
“Giving someone your undivided attention is one of the most generous things you can do.” – Ali B. Moe
FEELINGS…
What are 3 things that make you happy?
What are 3 things that make you sad?
What makes you feel loved?
What makes you feel proud?
What makes you feel angry?
What makes you feel scared?
What could you do when you are feeling scared to make yourself feel less afraid?
When was a time that you felt lucky?
When was a time that your feelings got hurt?
What makes you feel worried?
When was the last time you felt lonely and what made you feel better?
What are ways you can show someone you love them?
What small gesture from a stranger made an impact on you?
What are you most thankful for?
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” – Simone Weil
GET TO KNOW YOU…
What is your favorite food and how do you cook it?
What is your favorite restaurant and why?
What is the best food to have at a party?
What are 3 things that you like to do in the summer?
What are 3 things that you like to do in the winter?
What are 3 things you like about yourself?
What are the 5 best things about being you?
What makes our family special?
What is the best thing that has happened to you?
What did you learn from the best thing that has happened to you?
What do you know enough about that you could teach others?
What is the worst thing that has happened to you?
What did you learn from the worst thing that has happened to you?
What do you think your life will be like in the future?
Do you think you are a good friend? Why do you think so?
What is the nicest thing a friend has ever done for you?
What is the hardest thing about being a kid/teen?
What is the best gift you have ever been given? Why was it so special?
What is the most important decision you will ever make?
What does success mean to you?
What is something you never thought you could tell me but maybe want to tell me now?
Is there anything you have always wanted to ask me but didn’t? Do you want to ask me now?
What is something that helps you fall asleep at night?
What has been the best dream you ever had?
What has been your worst nightmare?
What do you look forward to when you wake up every day?
What is the biggest lesson you have ever learned?
When was the last time you laughed really hard and what was it about?
Which sense is your favorite, seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, or feeling?
What do you spend too much time doing?
What do you not spend enough time doing?
What is something you know you do differently than most people?
What is your favorite place in the whole world and why is it special to you?
What is one thing you wish people would do more often?
What is the worst smell in the world?
What is something that you don’t understand about grownups?
Who do you think is really successful? Why?
What’s the hardest job in the world? Why?
What have you learned in life that you feel will be the most useful?
When do you feel a teen becomes an adult?
“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued;” Brené Brown
IMAGINE IF…
If you could have any super power, what would it be?
If you could be in any movie, what movie would you be in?
Where would you fly if you had wings?
If you could plan a family vacation, where would we go and what would we do?
Which of your classmates would survive a zombie apocalypse?
If one of your classmates could be your teacher for a day, who would you pick?
If you could be the teacher for a day, what would your schedule look like?
If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?
If you could grow up to be famous what would you want to be famous for?
If you could be anyone in the world for a day who would it be and why?
If you could make everyone in the world smile, how would you do it?
If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow what rule would you make and why?
If you could invent something that would make life easier for people what would you invent?
If you had a time machine where would you go? Why?
If you change your name, what would you change it to?
If the sky could rain food, what food would you like for it to rain down?
If our whole family lived in a zoo, what kind of animals would each person be?
If you had to pick a theme song to describe you, what would it be?
If you could meet a famous person, who would it be?
If you could only eat food that is the same color for the REST of your life, what color would you choose?
If your toys were like Toy Story and could talk and play when you aren’t around, what do you think they would do?
If you were as small as an ant, how would you describe our house?
If you could pick one really nice thing to do for someone, what would it be and who would it be for?
If you got to be the parent for the day, what rules would you have?
If you went on a treasure hunt, what treasure would you like to find?
If someone made a movie about you, what would it be called?
What would life be like if no one had a phone?
If only one of your toys could come alive and play with you, which one would it be?
If you wrote a book, what would it be about?
Imagine you were allowed to make the biggest mess EVER, how would you make it?
If the phone rang right now, who would you want it to be?
If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?
Would you rather go to outer-space or dive to the deepest part of the ocean?
Would you rather be a camel or a penguin?
If you could eat dinner with 3 people you don’t know, who would you pick?
What are 3 things you could teach that would make school more useful?