Bonding Questions between Fathers and their teenagers
- Who is your best friend?
- What qualities do you admire in this friend?
- What attracted you to this friend?
- How does this friend view his parents?
- Do you share your heart with this friend?
- Does your friend share his heart with you?
- Are there things this friend has done or is doing that his parents don't know about?
- Does this friendship tend to build you up or pull you down?
- What do you want to do in your life?
- Who do you want to be like?
- What skills do you want to develop?
- Do you ever wonder why you were born?
- What do you think is God's will for your life?
- What fears do you experience?
- Fear of being ridiculed?
- Fear of failure?
- Fear of the future?
- Fear of being rejected or abandoned?
- Fear of past failures being discovered?
- Other fears:
- What books have influenced you the most?
- How did they influence you?
- Have you ever thought about writing a book?
- What would you write about?
- What things in our family discourage you?
- Clutter in the house?
- Conflicts with brothers and sisters?
- Tension between your parents?
- Unfinished house repairs?
- Lack of adequate space?
- Daily schedule or lack of one?
- Doing household chores?
- Rules and restrictions?
- Which of these things is the most pressure issue to you?
- What changes do you want to see in me?
- More time with the family?
- More interest in the family?
- Less time watching TV, on the Internet, etc.?
- Not getting upset or angry?
- Better provider or use of money?
- Greater leadership?
- Less critical of imperfections?
- Other
- What do you enjoy doing most in your free time?
- Sports?
- Reading?
- Projects?
- What hurts have you experienced from people?
- From friends?
- From classmates or neighbors?
- From brothers and sisters?
- From parents?
- From teachers?
- From relatives?
- What things in your past would you like to change?
- Bad experiences?
- Lost opportunities?
- Physical features?
- If you could talk directly to God, what would you ask?
- What person do you respect the most?
- What do you respect about this person?
- What do you want others to respect about you?
- How would you describe your relationship with God?
- When were you born again?
- Do you have doubts about salvation?
- Has God ever worked supernaturally in your life?
- Has He answered any significant prayer?
- Has He ever spared your life from accident or other danger?
- Has He ever provided money or things in answer to prayer?
- Has God ever not answered an important prayer?
- Is there anything you are afraid to talk to me about?
- Anything that you think might get me angry?
- Something you are afraid I think would be silly?
- Thoughts you are having about the opposite gender?
- Feelings in yourself you can't understand?
- Desires about God?
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