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Conversation Questions

Teenagers

  • As a teenager, what do you think you can contribute to society?
  • At what age should teenagers leave home?
  • What type of punishment did your parents use when you were a teenager?
  • Do you think teenagers today have it “too easy’?
  • Did you have a good relationship with your parents? Why or why not?
  • What do you think are some important things parents can do for teenagers?
  • Do you think teenagers today show respect for adults? Teachers? Parents? Brothers and sisters?
  • What do you think about teenagers who dye their hair blue, green, or another crazy color?
  • Do you think that wearing uniforms to school is a good idea?
  • At what age did you leave home?
  • What would you do if your teenage son or daughter got a tattoo?
  • What would you do if your teenage son or daughter shaved his or her head?
  • How do you feel about swearing?
    • Does it matter if teenagers sometimes use bad language?
  • What do you think about rock videos today?
  • What do you think parents can do to help teenagers avoid depression?
  • Do you believe in anti depression drugs?
  • Do you think it’s a good idea to give teenagers a lot of freedom? (For example, come home when you like)
  • Do teenagers in your former country have problems with drugs or alcohol?
  • What can you do to keep your teenager away from drugs and alcohol?
  • Is teenage suicide a problem?
  • Why do you think some teenagers do good things and others (in the same family often) do bad things?
  • At what age should a teenage girl have her first serious boyfriend?
  • At what age should a teenage boy have his first serious girlfriend?
  • How old were you when you had your first serious relationship?
  • What can society do to help teenagers who have problems at home?
  • Are there more pregnant teenage girls in this country than in your country? Why?
  • What is the best advice you could give to a teenager growing up in this culture?
  • Do you think that advertising plays an important role in how teenagers think?
  • Should teenagers work? Why or why not?
  • Did you work when you were a teenager?
  • If you could be a teenager again, would you do anything differently?
  • Were you teenage years enjoyable?
  • Do you think it is better to raise teenagers in the city, a small town, or the country?
  • What is it like to be a teenager in your society?
  • Would you rather be a child, teenager or an adult? Why?
  • What are the advantages of being a child?
    • A teenager?
    • An adult?
  • What are the disadvantages of being a child?
    • A teenager?
    • An adult?
  • If you could meet any teenager in the world, who would it be?
  • At what age should teenagers be allowed to leave school?
  • At what age should teenagers be allowed to smoke?
  • At what age should teenagers be allowed to drink?
  • At what age should teenagers be allowed to drive?
  • At what age should teenagers be allowed to get married?
  • At what age should teenagers be allowed to vote?
  • Do you know any good role models for teenagers?
  • Do you know any teenagers who don’t act like other teens?
    • Why do you think they act differently?
  • What do teenagers think about?
  • What do you/will you remember about being a teenager?
  • Can teens change the world?
    • If yes, how?
    • If not, why not?
  • What’s the difference between teenage girls and teenage boys?
    • What causes those differences?
  • Would you rather be stuck in a bus with children, teens, young adults, adults or elderly adults? Why?
  • When did you start to be a teen?
    • How did you know that you were a teenager?
    • Do you still feel like a teen sometimes?
  • What is the difference between the teenagers of 19th century and the teenagers of the 21st century?
  • As a teenager, how do you think fashion changed or affected your life?
  • Among teenage fashion that is prevalent in the world today, which do you think is the the best? The most hideous? The strangest?
  • How much freedom should parents give to their teenagers?
    • Should boys and girls be given the same amount of freedom? Why or Why not?
  • If you were a parent and your teenage child did something wrong, how would you discipline him/her?
  • What do you think are some of the greatest problems facing teenagers today?
    • How are different from the ones you faced as a teenager?
  • How do you think can we eradicate or at least lessen juvenile delinquency?
  • How does media affect the thinking patterns of the teenagers of today?
  • If you could do something differently, which mistake in the past would you not make and why?
  • Do you think teenagers today should show more respect for adults?
    • Teachers?
    • Parents?
    • Brothers
    • Sisters?