24 ways to ask your child how they are doing without asking: “How are you?”

When you ask: “Well, how are things at school?”, you will most likely get an answer: “Fine”. But you really want to know how your child’s day was. How do you ask the right question? We offer you 24 questions that can be answered in detail.

24 ways to ask your child how they are doing without asking: “How are you?”

1. What is the best thing that happened to you today?
2. Tell me something funny that made you laugh today.
3. Who did you play with today?
4. Tell me about the most beautiful place you have been today?
5. What was the strangest word you heard today?
6. What do you think your nanny/caretaker/grandmother/teacher would say about you today?
7. Who did you help today?
8. Did anyone else help you today?
9. Tell me what you learned today.
10. Was there a time when you felt the happiest today?
11. Were you very bored today?
12. Who would you like to play with that you have never played with before?
13. Tell me about something good that happened to you today.
14. What word does your teacher/nanny/caregiver/grandmother repeat most often?
15. What would you like to know about?
16. What would you like to do the least?
17. Who did you have fun with?
18. Where do you like to play?
19. Who is the funniest person in your group/playground/class?
20. Did you enjoy lunch today? What was your favorite part?
21. If you became a mom/dad tomorrow, what would you do?
22. If you could change places with anyone, who would it be? Why?
23. Was there anything that happened today that you found strange?
24. Have you always done what you thought was right?