FAMILY conversation questions:

Are you married? Describe your partner. Describe your immediate family (brothers & sisters etc) Do you have any children? If Y !" #hat are they li$e? If %&" do you #ant $ids? Do you thin$ friends are more important than family? 'hy? Are('ere chores )iven to children in your family? 'hat do you thin$ about this? Are you pressured by your family to act in a certain #ay? Are('ere your parents strict? Did you ever meet any of your )reat )randparents? Do you )et alon) #ell #ith your family? Do you have a )ood relationship #ith your in*la#s? Do you live #ith your parents or )randparents? 'hat are the advanta)es and disadvanta)es of this? Do you loo$ more li$e your mother or your father? Do you often ar)ue #ith your mother or father? 'hat about? Do you thin$ people should adopt children from other countries? Did you ever have a curfe#? +o# did you )et your name? +o# bi) is your family? +o# many (first) cousins do you have? +o# often do you see them? +o# often is your entire family to)ether? Is span$in) a )ood #ay to discipline children? 'hy or 'hy not? !hould people follo# the reli)ion of their parents" or have the freedom to choose another? 'hat are some of your happiest memories of childhood? 'hat do you and your family li$e to do to)ether? 'hat do you thin$ about married couples #ho decide not to have any child? 'hat do your parents do in their free time? 'hat are the occupations of your family members? 'hat is the best memory you have of your family doin) somethin) to)ether? 'hat are the important thin)s to teach your children? (values" beliefs" hobbies" s$ills" etc.) 'hat #ould you chan)e about your childhood? 'ho do you )et alon) better #ith" your mother or your father? 'ho is the blac$ sheep in your family? 'hy? +as divorce effected your family? Do you thin$ the day*care centre is the third parent? 'here is the best place to raise a family? 'hy? 'hich do you thin$ is more important: follo#in) the dreams your parents #ant for you or follo#in) your o#n dreams? 'hat #as the most important thin) your parents tau)ht you? If you could have a different number of siblin)s" #hat #ould it be? 'ho should ta$e care of old people? ,amily or facilities? 'hat is the perfect number of children to have? !hould parents )ive their children an allo#ance? +o# often does your family eat dinner to)ether? 'hat #as the saddest time in your family? 'hy do people )et married? 'hat is the most important thin) to loo$ for in a life lon) partner?

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