Longitudinal first day of school questions?
August 24, 2023 10:04 AM Subscribe
My kiddo starts kindergarten soon and I want to do a video for the first day asking them questions that I can ask every first day until they go to college. What should I ask?
Just like one question or a few questions, nothing long.
Just like one question or a few questions, nothing long.
Best answer: I used to ask this of my kid when he was younger, but on his birthdays (now he is too cool of a teenager to want to do it). Perhaps some of them will resonate with you for the tradition you want to start.
Q: What job would you like to do when you grow up?
Q: What's something that I always say to you?
Q: If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Q: Where do babies come from?
Q: At what age do you become an adult?
Q: If you could change one rule that your family has, what would it be?
Q: If you could be a superhero what superpower would you have?
Q: If you could eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?
Q: What does love mean to you?
Q: What are you scared of?
Q: What is very important to you?
Q: What makes you happy?
Q: Who is your best friend?
posted by virve at 10:35 AM on August 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
Q: What job would you like to do when you grow up?
Q: What's something that I always say to you?
Q: If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Q: Where do babies come from?
Q: At what age do you become an adult?
Q: If you could change one rule that your family has, what would it be?
Q: If you could be a superhero what superpower would you have?
Q: If you could eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?
Q: What does love mean to you?
Q: What are you scared of?
Q: What is very important to you?
Q: What makes you happy?
Q: Who is your best friend?
posted by virve at 10:35 AM on August 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
What are you excited about or looking forward to this year?
What are you nervous about?
(Probably in reverse order for the kid's sake) :)
And if you respond off camera, I find that fun in home videos too.
Neat idea!
posted by esoteric things at 10:35 AM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
What are you nervous about?
(Probably in reverse order for the kid's sake) :)
And if you respond off camera, I find that fun in home videos too.
Neat idea!
posted by esoteric things at 10:35 AM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
Oooh, I like At what age do you become an adult? too, even though we all know how that goes!
posted by esoteric things at 10:36 AM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by esoteric things at 10:36 AM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
What do you like to do for fun?
What is your favorite book or story?
posted by metahawk at 10:53 AM on August 24, 2023
What is your favorite book or story?
posted by metahawk at 10:53 AM on August 24, 2023
What's your favorite food?
Who is your best friend?
What do you think you will be when you grow up?
How old are grown-ups?
What do you wish you could do today?
How much money is a lot?
What's the best thing about you that's different from other kids?
posted by Night_owl at 11:00 AM on August 24, 2023
Who is your best friend?
What do you think you will be when you grow up?
How old are grown-ups?
What do you wish you could do today?
How much money is a lot?
What's the best thing about you that's different from other kids?
posted by Night_owl at 11:00 AM on August 24, 2023
Best answer: For the first day of school, one of the questions has to be "tell me about your outfit, why did you pick this?"
posted by babelfish at 11:27 AM on August 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by babelfish at 11:27 AM on August 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
What do you want to remember for when you're older?
posted by theora55 at 11:42 AM on August 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by theora55 at 11:42 AM on August 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
The only question that matters: What makes you happy?
posted by archimago at 11:50 AM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by archimago at 11:50 AM on August 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
What makes you happy and what makes you sad?
[And please don't be sad yourself if/when kid wants to skip a few years in late middle school and high school. Also want to encourage you not to share these videos super widely; I think we now-adult parents are way too casual about sharing this kind of stuff with our extended social networks before we really even consider asking kids for consent. Gain your kid's trust by keeping this as a treasured memory just for close family.]
posted by bluedaisy at 12:02 PM on August 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
[And please don't be sad yourself if/when kid wants to skip a few years in late middle school and high school. Also want to encourage you not to share these videos super widely; I think we now-adult parents are way too casual about sharing this kind of stuff with our extended social networks before we really even consider asking kids for consent. Gain your kid's trust by keeping this as a treasured memory just for close family.]
posted by bluedaisy at 12:02 PM on August 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
"What are you looking forward to today?" Which you can follow up on that evening, or in the next school morning's video q&a. With a focus on their preoccupations and enthusiasms, you'll get to know them better. (And following daily school-life stuff goes to less catch-up needed, if they have difficulties at some point.) Probably makes later viewings more interesting to them, too.
posted by Iris Gambol at 12:06 PM on August 24, 2023
posted by Iris Gambol at 12:06 PM on August 24, 2023
Sing me a bit of your favorite song!
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:29 PM on August 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:29 PM on August 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
Another lovely tradition is take a photo of them standing in front of their tallest parent although eventually (depending on how tall the kiddo gets) they may have to go back to back if you want to see the parent.
posted by metahawk at 1:04 PM on August 24, 2023
posted by metahawk at 1:04 PM on August 24, 2023
Be sure to give them something kinda funny to say if they don't want to answer. Kids can have a day too.
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:17 PM on August 24, 2023
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:17 PM on August 24, 2023
Response by poster: Thanks all! We ended up doing a video tour of their room (just cleaned it for the start of school) and asked questions while we did it, to include talking about their outfit, what makes them happy (hugs), and what they want to be when they grow up.
posted by inevitability at 3:45 PM on August 29, 2023
posted by inevitability at 3:45 PM on August 29, 2023
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