Here are June’s parent questions:

1.) Was there a time today that you said to yourself "I am not good enough"?

2.) What is your best memory from school this past year?

3.) What is your top goal for yourself this summer?

4.) What are your top 3 to do's on your "bucket list"? (a bucket list is things you want to do before your die)

5.) What has today taught you that you didn't know before today started?

Here are May’s questions:

1.) Do you know of a charity or cause you'd like to get involved with? Why is that particular one important to you?

2.) If you saw a quarter on the ground, would you pick it up or walk past it? Why?

3.) In Andy Andrew's book "The Traveler's Gift", he speaks of a room filled with the dreams and goals of the less courageous...people
who were close to their dreams and goals but simply gave up too early. What is one dream or goal you want to make sure never ends up in the room of "almost was"?

4.) What decisions are hardest for you to make? When do you feel really indecisive?

5.) "What you do is more important than what you say you'll do". What is one thing you keep saying you'll do, or want to do, but never seem to do?

Here are APRIL’S Parent Challenge Questions:

1.) What one thing in your life causes you the most frustration?

2.) Tell me about one goal you have for yourself this summer.

3.) What are two things I can do to help you stay on track with your goal?

4.) What is one "family event" you would really like to make sure happens this summer?

5.) What is one life-sabotaging habit you would like to change into a life-enhancing habit? ex: pop for water, coach potato for exercise, etc. (watch for details on Mental Edge's 21-day Challenge)

Your March 2010 Parent Challenge Questions:

1.) Of all your prized possessions, what would be the one that would be hardest to part with if you had to? Why?

2.) When you think of yourself 5 years from now, what do you see?

3.) What are you most excited about when you think about this summer?

4.) What is your favorite song right now? Will you play it for me?

5.) Do you ever feel like you don't want to tell me something about yourself or your friends because you feel like I won't be interested?

6.) What is one random act of kindness you would like to do once a week for the month of March?

Your February 2010 Parent Challenge Questions:

1.) If you could trade one of my chores around our home for one of your chores, which one would it be and why?

2.) Tell me about 3 slang words you and your friends currently use and what do they mean.

3.) If you could go to Haiti or anywhere tragedy has struck, would you? And what role would you like to do to make a difference?

4.) If you could write a song about what's going on in your life right now what would it say?

5.) When is the favorite part of your day?

6.) When is the least favorite part of your day?

Your January 2010 Parent Challenge Questions:

1. If you could choose one thing we could do together each week, just you and me, what would that be?

2. What is the most difficult part of your sport/activity? Why?

3. When do you have the most fun?

4. Are there times when you feel very alone? When and Why?

5. What is the one thing that drives you...that makes you so internally energized nothing could get in your way when you set out to go for it?

Your December 2009 Parent Challenge Questions:

1.) When is the last time you feel like I really HEARD what YOU were saying?

2.) What is your favorite Christmas/Holiday memory so far?

3.) What is one random act of kindness you could see yourself doing daily?

4.) One thing that drives most people’s lives is fear. If fear wasn’t a part of your life, what would you have done already in your life?

5.) What steps do you need to take right now to make sure you have no regrets at the end of the school year/sport season?
 

Your November 2009 Parent Challenge Questions:

1. When you look in the mirror, WHO do you see (not WHAT)?

2. If you could start your very own business right now, what would that business be?

3. What is the most memorable advice an adult (parent, grandparent, coach, teacher) in your life has given you and why has that meant so much?

4. What do you feel is your worst bad habit? Your best habit?

5. If you could ask me ANY question right now, what would that be?

Your October 2009 Parent Challenge Questions:

1.) Champions stand up for you and what you believe in. Not only do they praise you in your presence, a Champion also 'has your back" and will stand up for you when you're not around. Who are your Champions and what qualifies them to be your Champions?

2.) What do you need right now more than anything?

3.) Dream your biggest dream out loud for me. Now write it down!

4.) Resiliency is one of our most powerful skills and is defined as the ability to bounce back from disappointments. Describe a time you
were disappointed in an outcome in your life and how you bounced back from it.

5.) Finish this sentence: "I am the one who determines my...".

Your September 2009 Parent Challenge Questions:

1. As you head back to school, what makes you most nervous?

2. How do YOU experience my participation in your sports/activities?

3. What other sports/activities would you like to try that you haven't yet?

4. When you see others getting bullied/picked on at school, what does that do to your heart? Do you feel like you have the "tools" to stand up against bullying?

5. What was your absolute best experience over the summer?

Parent Questions for August

1. What is your most treasured memory in your sports experience?

2. What scares you when you are with a group of your friends?

3. What is one thing that I do for you or remind you about too often that you would really like to say to me, "Mom/Dad, I got it"?

4. If you and I could take one hour each week and do something special just the two of us, what would you like that to be and why?

5. What happens in our home/family that makes you feel jealous?

6. What have you learned about yourself recently?

Parent Questions for July

1. What friend of yours do you think is the kindest?

2. What friend is the most honest?

3. What adult that you know is able to say difficult things to you in a kind manner?

4. Which one of these characteristics would you like to improve in yourself?
    a. Honesty
    b. Kindness
    c. Openess

5. What is the hardest part of yourself to talk about?

6. What have you learned about yourself recently?

Parent Questions for June

1. What are the easiest decisions to make?

2. What decisions require you to think the most?

3. How would you change your school if you had the power for one day?

4. Which teacher should get the award for being the nicest?

5. Which teacher has made the biggest impact on you?

6. If you could travel to one place over the summer where would you go and why?

Parent Questions for May

1. What would you like to do with your best friend if you had no barriers?

2. What activity do you feel most confident doing?

3. What is one message you hear that you wish you could change? Why?

4. Who would you give 100.00 dollars to if you had to give it?

5. What kind of person do you have the most trouble understanding?

Here are your April High Impact Questions!:

1. What are the three emotions that you feel most consistently?

2. What is one thing people say to you that hurts your feelings most often?

3. What currently takes away motivation in your life?

4. What is one thing that happens most days that discourages or encourages you?

5. What is your favorite season of the year and why?


Here are your March High Impact Questions!:

1. What concerns do you have that keep you awake sometimes?

2. What scares you about being successful?

3. How do you hide who you would like to be?

4. Where would you like to live if you were in charge?

5. What challenges are the most difficult for you to deal with? What would you need for this to not be true?


Here are your January High Impact Questions!:

1. If you had a day off to do anything what would you do?

2. What is one movie you have seen that you would see more than once and why?

3. What athlete would you like to meet and what would you ask them?

4. What strengths do you have as a athlete or teammate?

5. What is one thing you think coaches should emphasize more?
 

Here are your December High Impact Questions!:

1. What quality do you have as a friend that you look for in your friends?

2. How have people (coaches, players, parents) improved how you feel about yourself?

3. How have these people hurt how you feel about yourself?

4. If you could spend 15 minutes talking to any adult about anything, who would it be and why?

5. Who is one teacher that has taught you something you remember and what was it?
 

Here are your November High Impact Questions!:

1. What is the last song you listened to that you thought captured your feelings for the moment?

2. What is the first thing you would do to make your sports experience better?

3. If you pick one person you admire, who would it be and why?

4. What is one thing going on right now that makes it hard to see your future in a positive fashion?

5. What is one thing going on in your life that gives you hope for your life?

6. What are you looking for in a best friend?

7. What kind of people are the easiest to be around and why?

8. What mistakes have you made that you are having a hard time forgiving yourself for?

9. What interests do you have that never seem to get any attention?

10. What qualities in adults make the world better for kids?

Here are your October High Impact Questions!:

1. What kind of year would you like to have this year?

2. What kind of things put that kind of year in question?
 
3. If you had that kind of year what would that mean to you?

4. If you could have a conversation with one person you have never talked with before who would it be?

5. What is your favorite memory of the last year?
 
6. What have you learned about yourself in the last month?

7. What would you like to learn about in this month? (Not school related)

8. When is the last time you were emotionally moved by a friends actions.


September High Impact Questions!:

1. What is one movie you remember seeing that impacted you and why?

2. Who is one person that you know you would like to be more like?

3. What time of the day are you most energetic?

4. If you could live in another country which one would it be and why?

5. What things do you think need to change in school?

6. What do you think most teachers think about students?

7. If you could be a teacher what would you make sure you never did that most teachers do?


August High Impact Questions!:

1. What is one thing you have learned about yourself this summer. (How did you learn that?)

2. What is one quality that you look for when choosing your friends?

3. What moment would you talk about if on the first day of school your teacher asked what your most memorable moment of the summer?

4. What concerns do you have about the upcoming school year?

5. How could I support you in your concern?


July High Impact Questions!:

1. What is something you are interested in learning more about?

2. What is one moment from today that you don't want to ever forget?

3. What is a moment today that you would like to forget?

4. What is one thing I could do as a parent starting today that would shock you?

5. What is one challenge you have in life that you would like to conquer?

6. What is something you excel at without trying?