Parents & Adult Children questions
Questions to help parents and grown kids really hear each other. Here's a preview of the deck, grouped by vibe — play the free game to unlock all 146.
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Parents & Adult Children — Deep questions
The big questions worth sitting with.
- What three hours of your life would you relive exactly as they happened?
- What's the first thing you'd look for in a box of everything you've ever lost?
- What question would you ask at the pearly gates?
- What one thing about your future would you have locked in if you could?
- What's a version of yourself you had to let go of to become who you are?
- What year of your life would you live in forever if you had to choose?
- When did you feel most like yourself?
- What did you dream about before you had kids?
- What do you wish your parents had told you earlier?
- What's something you understand now that you couldn't when you were my age?
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Parents & Adult Children — Real questions
Honest and grounded — drop the act.
- What do you wish I understood about you?
- What's something you've wanted to tell me but didn't know how?
- What did you give up for this family?
- What do you need from me that you've never asked for?
- What's been the hardest part of watching me grow up?
- What do you think I get wrong about you?
- What's something you're proud of that has nothing to do with us kids?
- When did I hurt you without realizing it?
- What were you like before you became a parent?
- What do you still worry about when it comes to me?
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Parents & Adult Children — Funny questions
Light prompts to get a real laugh going.
- What skill would you download into your brain if you could?
- What's the most trouble you ever got into as a kid?
- What's a rule your parents had that was completely ridiculous?
- What's something you got away with that grandma still doesn't know about?
- What's the worst haircut you ever had?
- What trend did you think was cool that definitely wasn't?
- What's the most embarrassing thing you've ever worn?
- What's a lie you told your parents that you never confessed?
- What did you blow your first paycheck on?
- What slang did you use that makes you cringe now?
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Parents & Adult Children — Daring questions
No safe answers — go there.
- What's something you never told your parents?
- What's the biggest mistake you made when you were young?
- What's a secret you've kept from the family for years?
- What do you wish you'd done differently as a parent?
- What relationship in your life do you wish you could start over?
- What's something you've never fully forgiven?
- What's a question you've always wanted to ask me but haven't?
- What did you sacrifice that you sometimes wonder about?
- Who in your life deserved an apology you never gave?
- What's the hardest thing you've ever had to do?
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Parents & Adult Children — Nostalgic questions
Time-travel back to the good stuff.
- What did your childhood home smell like?
- What's a meal your mom made that you can still taste?
- Where did you feel safest as a kid?
- What's a phrase your parents said constantly that's stuck in your head?
- What song takes you straight back to a specific time?
- What did your bedroom look like when you were my age?
- What's your earliest memory?
- What did you want to be when you grew up — and when did that change?
- What summer do you remember most vividly?
- What toy or object do you wish you still had?
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