50 Questions to Ask Your Daughter to Know What is Going on Inside

Having a feel of the pulse of what is going on give great comfort as a parent so you can know when to step in and when to stay out. From birth we put all our efforts into teaching them how to talk, then try to figure out how to make them be quiet, to only try to make them speak again when they become teenagers. To move past the easy answers (yes, no, nothing, fine) to get to the matters of the heart, here are 50 questions to ask to get the words flowing again.

50 Questions to Ask Your Daughter to Know What is Going on Inside

Here is the list of 35 questions you can ask your daughter while driving, on a walk, at the table or anywhere in between.

1. What is one restaurant that is always a yes for you? What do you usually order?
2. What is something you wanted, but now you are glad you didn’t get “it” or that “it didn’t happen”?
3. What is one exercise that you dread doing when you are wanting to workout or get some exercise?
4. What is your most attractive feature?
5. What is something about you that you wish more people would notice?
6. What is one thing on your bucket list?
7. If you could only pick three, what would you pick? Wisdom, Beauty, Health, Money
8. Who is someone that is helpful to you that other people would be surprised about?
9. What are you looking forward to right now? What are you dreading?
10. Who is someone on social media that everyone should follow? Why?
11. What is one way you’ve grown in the past year?
12. Would you rather be able to talk to animals or read peoples’ minds?
13. What is your favorite movie? Who is your favorite movie character?
14. If you were to write a book, what would it be about? What would you title it?
15. What is one characteristic that we both have in common?
16. What is a deal breaker for someone you would date?
17. How do you want people to describe you?
18. How do you think people describe you?
19. If someone was going to make a netflix series about your life, who do you want to play you?
20. What made you smile today?
21. What is one fashion trend that needs to go away?
22. When was a time you felt brave?
23. Do you feel you were created for a purpose?
24. When was the last time a day flew by and what were you doing?
25. What are the two most important things to have in any relationship?
26. Each morning when you wake up, what is one thing you worry could happen that day?
27. Who was your very first best friend that you remember? Where are they now?
28. Which teacher at school cares the most about the students? Which teacher seems to care the least?
29. What is one food that you crave when you don’t feel good but am hungry?
30. Of all your friends, which one will you support and help no matter what?
31. What is the earliest memory you can remember?
32. What is the favorite birthday gift you have ever received?
33. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?
34. What is something that is really hard to do, but people think it is easy?
35. What is something I do that embarrasses you that I don’t know?
36. Who is one person you wish would notice you at school?
37. When you don’t want to talk about something, but you know deep down that you need to talk about it, what should I do to help the conversation happen?
38. If you could instantly transport anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
39. Who is someone (other than me) that consistently embarrasses you?
40. What has been your favorite holiday over the years?
41. What things at night make you feel a little afraid?
42. If you could be the star of a television show or movie, what movie and what character would you be?
43. What is one of our family traditions that you will do with your children one day?
44. What song could I play that would immediately make you feel happy?
45. How did you find out Santa Clause wasn’t real?
46. If we’re somewhere and you want to leave immediately, what is a signal we could use so that I will know and no one else will?
47. What meal could I make for supper that would be a nice surprise?
48. Tell me a time that you got hurt and pretended like you weren’t. Tell me a time you pretended you were hurt and were really ok.
49. Do you want to have a family of your own one day? If so, what would you want it to look like?
50. What is a sound that will instantly get on your nerves?

Now that you have the questions, check out this guide to making the most out of the opportunity for a great conversation.

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