Family

• Are friends more important than family? What do you think?
 • Are chores assigned to children in your family?
 • Are you married?
 • Are you pressured by your family to act in a certain way?
 • Are you the oldest among your brothers and sisters?
 • Are your parents strict?
 • Did you ever meet any of your great grandparents?
 • Do you get along well with your family?
 • Do you get along well with your brothers and sisters?
 • Do you get along well with your in-laws?
 • Do you have any brothers or sisters? If so, how old are they?
 • Do you have any children? If yes, what are their names and ages?
 • Do you have to clean your own room?
 • Does your mother make you clean your room?
 • Do you like your family? Why or why not?
 • Do you live with any of your grandparents?
 • Do you live with your parents?
 • Do you look more like your mother or your father?


 • Do you often argue with your mother or father? What about?
 • Do you often visit your grandparents?
 • Do you think people should adopt children from other countries?
 • Do you usually have any influence on family matters?
 • Do your parents let you stay out late?
 • What time do you have to be home?
 • Do you have a curfew?
 • How did you get your name?
 • For whom are you named?
 • Who are you named after?
 • How big is your family?
 • How many (first) cousins do you have?
 • How many aunts and uncles do you have?
 • How many brothers and sisters do you have?
 • How many children do you have?
 • How many members do you have in your family altogether?
 • How many people are in your (immediate) family?
 • How many people are in your family?
 • How often do you see your cousins?
 • How often do you see your grandparents?
 • How often is your entire family together?
 • How old are your brothers and sisters?
 • How old are your children?
 • How old are your grandparents?
 • How old are your parents?
 • Is spanking a good way to discipline children?
 • Should people follow the religion of their parents, or should they have the liberty to choose another?
 • What are some of your fondest memories of childhood?
 • What are your parents like?
 • What do you and your family like to do together?
 • What do you think of married couples who decide not to have any child?
 • What do your mother and father look like? How about your grandparents?
 • What do your parents do in their free time?
 • What are the occupations of your family members?
 • What does your father do? What's his job?
 • What does your mother do?
 • What is the best memory you have of your family doing something together? • What kind of things do you do with your family?
 • What will you teach your children? (what values, beliefs, hobbies, skills, etc.)
 • What would you change about your childhood? • Where do your grandparents live?
 • Where does your father's father live?
 • Where does your mother's mother live?
 • Who do you get along better with, your mother or your father?
 • Who is the black sheep (odd ball) in your family?
 • Would you get involved in your in-laws' family problems?
 • Would you live with your parents after you get married?
 • Should children help with the housework?
 • How much or how often should they help?
 • What kinds of housework is not appropriate for children to do?
 • Do you live in a nuclear family or an extended family?
 • What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of family?
 • What impact has divorce and/or modern day living had on the family?
 • Is the nanny and/or the day-care centre the third parent? 
• Where is the best place to raise a family?
 • Where do you think the best place to raise a family is? Why?
 • What can make you happy in the long term/ short term? Consider the following: job satisfaction, a loving family, good health, plenty of money, strong religious believes, ...
 • What do you think of your mother and your father?
 • Which do you think is more important: following the dreams your parents want for you or following your own dreams?
 • What's the hardest thing you ever had to do?
 • What was the most important thing your parents taught you?
 • What's the best thing about your mom? • If you could have a different number of siblings, what would it be? • Who should take care of old people? 
• What is the perfect number of children to have?
 • What's the best thing about your grandparents?
 • Should parents give their children an allowance?
 • How often does your family eat dinner together?
 • How should parents discipline their children?
 • After you're married, should your parents make decisions for you?
 • What's the best thing about your dad?
 • Who is the breadwinner in your family
 • How is nudity regarded in your family?
 • Describe the perfect family.
 • Do your parents get along with each other?
 • If you are a mother or father, would you allow your son or daughter to listen heavy metal music?
 • What was the saddest time in your family?
 • Why do people get married
 • What to look for in a life long mate
 • What makes a person a good friend, a friend for life ,, a life mate
 • What makes a person a bad, traits that irritate and confuse you
 • What do you think of the budget, what is a budget and how do you make one work?
 • How do you feel about your parents growing older? If they could no longer care for themselves, would you let them live with you or put them in a nursing home?
 • Did you help your mother at home?
 • What household chores do you do?
 • Can you think of examples of countries that have different cultural values regarding the importance of family? • Do you get along well with your family?
 ◦ Do you get along well with your brothers and sisters?
 ◦ Do you get along well with your in-laws?
 • Do you have to clean your own room? ◦ Does your mother make you clean your room?
 • Do your parents let you stay out late?
 ◦ What time do you have to be home?
 ◦ Do you have a curfew?
 • How did you get your name?
 ◦ For whom are you named?
 ◦ Who are you named after?
 • What are the occupations of your family members?
 ◦ What does your father do? What's his job?
 ◦ What does your mother do?
 • Should children help with the housework?
 ◦ How much or how often should they help?
 ◦ What kinds of housework is not appropriate for children to do?
 • Do you live in a nuclear family or an extended family? ◦ What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of family?
 • Where is the best place to raise a family?
 ◦ Where do you think the best place to raise a family is? Why?
 • Do you think your parents understand you?
Why or why not? • Who does the household work, your father or your mother or both of them?
 • Have you ever seen your mother (or father) cry? When was that and why?
 • Who is the breadwinner in your family?
 • Do your parents trust you?
 • If you were offered an excellent job opportunity abroad, would you consider leaving your family for an indefinite period of time?
 • Describe a typical family unit and the importance of family in your country.
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