Dinner Table Conversation Starters
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Dinner is the perfect time to connect with your family, but it’s not always easy to find something the whole family can talk about together. If your family is anything like mine, these scenarios may sound familiar:
- Your youngest ones act silly (or maybe a little rude) to get attention.
- Your middle schoolers offer nothing but one-word answers to your questions.
- Your older kids are glued to their devices or wolfing down dinner so they can move on to the next thing.
- Some kids are chatty, while others hardly say a word.
- And if your kids are grown and out of the house, you and your spouse might find yourselves sitting quietly, wondering what to talk about.
So, how about some dinner table conversation starters to engage everyone and make dinnertime a time for real connection? You might be surprised (and maybe even amused) by the kinds of conversations these questions spark!
And don’t worry if you get a few eye rolls from the kids at first. Once they answer the first question—because, let’s be honest, everyone likes to talk about themselves—they’re bound to get into it. You never know what you might learn about one another!
Just click the link below, print the cards, cut them out, pop them in a jar, and let the conversations begin!
Printable Dinner Table Conversation Starters
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This is awesome, thank you for sharing.
This is such a great idea. Thanks for the idea.
What a great idea. And I’m sure each family, with it’s unique likes/dislikes/activities/beliefs, will come up with even more questions.
Love love love this idea. We usually do “highs and lows” of the day around the dinner table. Glad you brought this idea into the beautiful art of doing life, doing dinner as a family, and preparing yummy meals.
Thank you!
Melissa
Such a great idea! Young people need to practice their conversational skills after spending so much time on their phones, and adults who have screens on the job need some relief!!
Oh, the art of conversation! I’m glad to see a few people still think that it’s important. Jen this is such a fun way to get a family to communicate and to get the kids and even the adults to put the technology down for a bit. You’re brilliant 😊
These are fun conversation starters for any dinner occasion, both for young and old!
What a wonderful idea. My small group has decided to not have a study this year but to just act as support and listen to each other. Everyone is so involved with electronic devices that we don’t talk face to face and share ideas much. We will meet for lunch and were thinking of using something like this to get the conversation going. It’s perfect!
Hi Jenn.
Thank you so much for supplying these! What a fantastic idea. I so appreciate your time you put into your blog and the recipes/ideas you supply us all with.
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Jen! LOVE this!!! Thank you. Already downloaded and looking forward to using at our next team lunch at work and looking forward to learning new things about my co-workers!
I love this! When I was growing up (mid 80’s) we actually had a pack of cards with different conversation topics on them – it was my dad’s idea to help our “blended” family connect. It was cute!