75 questions for teens to ask your parents, from funny to deep

As you’re growing up, you get pretty used to your parents peppering you with questions: “how was school today?” “who will be there?” “when will you be home?” But how often do you ask your parents questions, especially ones about who they are as a person?

Because we live with them every day for so long, and because they pretty much know everything about us, it’s easy to forget that our parents are, well, actual people who had lives before we came along. That’s why it’s important to come up with some questions to ask your parents so you have insight about their lives and can better understand them on both a personal and a parental level. Knowing about your parents’ history can help inform your own, help you work through issues, and help you bond with your parents as you enter adulthood. And, it can just be plain interesting.

So, if you’ve ever wondered what are good questions to ask your parents, we’ve got you covered. There are obviously the basic questions to ask your parents, like what their childhood was like, but there are also deep questions for parents that can really help you get to know them. And, parents like to have fun, too (even if you can’t always tell), so we’ve rounded up some funny questions to ask your parents. This list is just a starting point; feel free to ask follow-up questions or dig deeper into your parents’ answers. You might even find yourself answering these questions in return, building a whole new kind of relationship with your folks.

In this article, you’ll find:

• Questions to ask your parents about their childhood
• General questions to ask your parents
• Deep questions for parents
• Funny questions to ask your parents

Questions to ask your parents about their childhood

1. In what town or city were you born?
2. Where was your childhood home?
3. Did you ever move?
4. What’s your favourite memory with your parents?
5. What kind of relationship did you have with your parents when you were young?
6. Did you have any nicknames as a kid?
7. Who was your best friend?
8. Did you have any pets?
9. What did you want to be when you grew up?
10. Did you like school?
11. What was your favourite subject in school?
12. Did you have a lot of friends as a kid or did you spend time alone?
13. Were you ever bullied?
14. Who was your idol?
15. Who was your childhood crush?
16. What did you do during the summers as a kid? As a teen?
17. Is there anything about your childhood that you wish were different?
18. Were you ever rebellious?
19. What’s your strongest memory from childhood?
20. What was your happiest time?

General questions to ask your parents

1. What was your first job?
2. Did you go to college? What was your major?
3. What was your college experience like?
4. What was your first car?
5. Who was your first kiss?
6. What’s the best place you’ve travelled?
7. Have you ever travelled alone? Would you?
8. Is there a place you’ve never lived in that you’ve always wanted to?
9. What was your first roommate like?
10. What was your first date like?
11. What was your most memorable date?
12. How did you meet your closest friend?
13. If we could go on a trip together right now, where would we go?
14. Have you ever bombed a job interview?
15. How did you and my other parent meet?
16. What was your relationship like with my other parent in the early days?
17. What was your worst job?
18. What is your favourite memory from my childhood?
19. What is your favourite food?
20. What is your favourite color?

Deep questions for parents

1. What is your life goal right now?
2. If you could go back in time and redo anything, would you?
3. Did you always know you wanted to be a parent?
4. Have you ever had an out-of-body experience?
5. Is there anything about me that you’ve always wanted to know?
6. Do you remember a time when you changed your mind about something big?
7. Do you have any big regrets?
8. Who is someone from your past who you wish you were still in touch with?
9. What do you hope your life is like in 10 years?
10. Do you have any big fears?
11. What was a time in the past when you felt the happiest?
12. Who or what do you miss the most?
13. What was it like when I was born?
14. Do you believe in love at first sight?
15. Have you experienced love at first sight?

Funny questions to ask your parents

1. If you were a bug, what kind would you be?
2. Would you rather: only speak in movie quotes for a week or never watch a movie again?
3. What’s your favourite ice cream flavour?
4. What was your favourite family vacation?
5. What did you like to do for fun before you had kids?
6. What was your favourite age you’ve been?
7. This or that: pizza or pasta?
8. How many times have you eaten dessert for dinner (or breakfast)?
9. What’s your favourite hobby?
10. What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done?
11. What’s your funniest story?
12. Have you ever peed your pants?
13. What’s your most embarrassing story?
14. If you could only watch one TV show for the rest of your life, what would it be?
15. Will you ride a roller coaster with me?
16. Truth or dare?
17. If you could dress me for a day, what would I wear?
18. How many marshmallows can you fit in your mouth and still say “chubby bunny?”
19. What’s a silly inside joke you have with someone in the family?
20. What’s a song that you can’t resist singing at the top of your lungs? Let’s play it!