24 conversation starters for family meals

Eating meals as a family is an important way to help your family thrive. Kids who eat meals with their families at least 3 times a week enjoy important physical, emotional, social, and academic benefits like higher self-esteem, healthier eating habits, and lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. 

Below are 24 conversation starters for family mealtime:

1. Rose and thorn: best and most challenging part of the day?

2. What’s your favorite trip you’ve been on or where would you like to visit?

3. If you were a superhero what would your super power be?

4. What is your favorite family tradition? What tradition would you like to start?

5. What’s your idea of a perfect day?

6. If you could become an expert at one skill overnight, what would you choose?

7. What’s the best present you’ve ever recieved?

8. What is your favorite type of weather?

9. What have you learned recently that you’ll never forget?

10. What’s a hard but important lesson you’ve learned?

11. When do you feel like the best version of yourself?

12. What fictional character do you relate to the most?

13. What’s the best way to spend a birthday?

14. What would you title your autobiography?

15. What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever made?

16. If you could design your dream backyard, what would it contain?

17. What’s your favorite joke?

18. How are you different than your parents? Similar?

19. What’s the best compliment you’ve ever recieved?

20. Is it better to be a grown up or a kid?

21. What is one thing youu’re working to accomplish?

22. What is something you never thought you’d be able to do until you did it?

23. What’s the last really kind or generous thing you did?

24. What makes you feel better when you’re feeling down?

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