Would You Rather Questions for Kids & Teens

Published:
April 5, 2022

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Jeannette Tuionetoa

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Would You Rather Questions

Did you know that would you rather questions are a great way to expound on your child’s critical thinking skills? Yes, they are fun but they are also proved to be very useful.

What are the benefits of using would you rather questions?

Here are a few ways that would you rather questions can benefit your children and household.

  1. Creates family bonding moments

Whether you use would you rather questions on family game night or you use them as great conversation starters for get-togethers or quality dinner time conversations.

  1. Help develop critical thinking skills

Would you rather questions are open-ended. Open-ended questions of any sort allow children to come up with a solution or think about options and reasoning. They also encourage your children to come up with explanations and decisions.

  1. Express opinions

Many times children feel as if their opinions don’t matter. Sometimes adults unknowingly make children feel like their opinion is irrelevant or without meaning.

Purposefully, assure their opinions matter with would you rather questions. In addition to expressing their own views, children also can appreciate the opinions of others.

  1. Stand up for beliefs

When a child can think about how to answer a would you rather question, they decipher why they took their stance and choose a side. These times result in children being significantly influenced by what they hear and what they see.

It is important that we provide opportunities for our children to think for themselves, even with questions that may not seem important now. This process is invaluable.

  1. Listen and be Flexible to Listen

Although children can develop their own opinions with would you rather questions, they also practice listening to others. They can understand why others choose their answers, even if it is completely opposite to theirs.

Ways to use Would you Rather Questions in your Home

These questions are useful for many reasons, so here are some ideas of when and where to use them with your children.

Dinner time – If you have a family that sits to eat dinner together or even only when you can, this is a perfect time to ask your family a would you rather question. Help to make your dinner fun and meaningful.

Morning time routine – If you don’t have a good morning time routine then learn How to Make a Morning Basket ( with Free Printables) to help. Add a would you rather question to your basket every morning to make your morning routine interesting and started with a good discussion. Morning routines get homeschool days started off well.

Intro to debatingWould you rather questions create a good beginning introduction to debates. Debating creates scenarios where students are able to see both or either side of any given situation or legal issue. Would you rather questions are the perfect way to start in a fun and simple way.

Writing prompts – Do you need a way to get children to right more? Would you rather questions provide a fun way for children to get their thoughts on paper and to practice their writing with an introduction body and conclusion.

Would You Rather Questions For Kids

Whether you are looking for funny would you rather questions for your children, weird and gross ones to be silly, or specific would you rather questions for girls or boys, check out these great resources for different categories.

Would You Rather Funny Questions

There’s nothing like having colossal belly laughs with your kids. Have some laughs and quality time with your children using these funny would you rather questions for kids of all ages.

Would You Rather Have bad breath or stinky feet?

Would you rather have a head the size of a tennis ball or have a head the size of a watermelon?

Would you rather have huge hands that kept growing as you got older or have feet that kept growing as you got older?

Would you rather get nose straight hair extensions or armpit curly hair extensions?

Would you rather have a body that is shaped like a candy cane or shaped like a lollipop?

Would you rather only wear clothes decorated with pictures of hamburgers or clothes decorated with images of candy?

Would you rather see a mermaid or a unicorn when you are going for a walk?

Would you rather have super bushy eyebrows or no eyebrows at all?

Would you rather have bright blue long hair or bright green tiny feet?

Would you rather have to rap your words or mime them?

Would you rather have to eat with your feet or walk with your hands?

Would you rather listen to “Baby Shark” for 24 straight hours or the Peppa Pig theme song for 24 consecutive hours?

Hard Would You Rather Questions

Challenging would you rather questions encourage your students to evaluate outcomes and problem solve before deciding which option is best. Explore these 100 hard would you rather questions for clever kids to discuss or for a writing prompt assignment.

Would you rather have a 1 in 10 chance to get $10, or a 1 in a million chance for $1 million dollars?

Would you rather donate your body to science or donate your organs to people who need them?

Would you rather climb the highest mountains or swim the deepest seas?

Would you rather be able to change the future or change the past?

Would you rather have supernatural strength or have supernatural intelligence?

Would you rather always have to say whatever was on your mind or never be able to speak again?

Would you rather have hiccups for the rest of your life or constantly feel like you have to sneeze without being able to?

Would you rather get stranded in Antarctica or in the desert?

Would you rather win $5 for sure, or flip a coin for $15?

Would you rather fast forward to your difficult moments or hit a pause button on your best moments?

Would you rather paint your room with a toothbrush or cut your grass with nail clippers?

Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to yell?

Would you rather give up breakfast forever or dinner forever?

Would You Rather Weird Questions

Sometimes it’s just time to be silly and weird at home. Between homework and chores, we have to leave room for some weirdness at home.

Check out some weird and silly would you rather questions to share with your kids to break up the monotony of the day. Silly questions get silly answers.

Would you rather have an immortal bumblebee friend or wasp friend?

Would you rather spend a year on Mars by yourself or party on a remote island with your friends?

Would you rather speak to animals or speak 10 foreign new language dialects?

Would you rather smell like onions or garlic?

Would you rather have a giant tongue or giant feet?

Would you rather control your dreams or watch them the next day?

Would you rather see the world in black and white or glow in the dark?

Would you rather have very smelly feet or hair that smells like lasagna?

Would you rather turn into a purple bear or a heart-shaped pillow every time you felt happy?

Would you rather have four strong arms or four strong legs?

Would you rather swim in a swimming pool of Jell-O or a swimming pool of chocolate?

Would you rather be raised by wolves or gorillas?

Would you rather have eyes in the back of your head or be able to see with your eyes closed?

Gross Would You Rather Questions

Yuckiness comes with the territory when raising children. Little ones like gross things, so why not join them and discuss these kid-approved and appropriately yucky would you rather questions.

Would you rather eat earwax or belly button lint?

Would you rather walk barefoot in a public restroom or get food poisoning?

Would you rather eat rotten eggs or drink sour milk?

Would you rather have to smell farts all the time or have to smell garbage all the time?

Would you rather drink your own sweat or put your whole arm in a bucket of your best friend’s vomit?

Would you rather have to smell every day or wear dirty clothes every day?

Would you rather lick someone’s ear or lick someone’s finger?

Would you rather live your entire life with someone’s bad breath in your face or someone’s armpit in your face?

Would you rather have to eat a bowl of worms or eat a bowl of crickets?

Would you rather eat a moldy apple or eat a moldy banana?

Would you rather drink a gallon of mayonnaise or a gallon of ketchup?

Would you rather be super itchy all over forever or be really sticky all over forever?

Would you rather stop showering or stop brushing your teeth?

Would you rather lick a used toothbrush or chew old gum?

Would You Rather Questions For Boys

Your boys will enjoy gross would you rather questions, but the questions are also useful to get your unfocused boy to gather their thoughts  with these free Would You Rather Questions for Kids free printable cards. These are good for girls and boys.

Would you rather have a completely automated mansion or a self-driving and flying car?

Would you rather be the hero that saved the girl or the villain that took over the world?

Would you rather talk like Darth Vader or speak in the language of the Middle Ages?

Would you rather have a million dollars in pennies or a hundred million dollars worth of ice cream?

Would you rather be the smartest person at your school or be the best kid at sports in your school?

Would you rather be able to visit the stars or discover a treasure on Earth in a single day?

Would you rather know how to play the piano or know how to play the guitar?

Would you rather be Iron Man but have to leave the suit on at all times, or be the Hulk but have to stay in hulk form at all times?

Would you rather be captured by a wild tribe in the jungle or be captured by pirates at sea?

Would you rather be a superhero or an astronaut?

Would you rather design a video game or design a tall building?

Would you rather be able to jump the length of a football field or as high as a skyscraper?

Would you rather give up all Marvel movies or all animated movies?

Would you rather learn how to play a new sport every year well in a losing team or be a part of one winning team?

Would You Rather Questions For Girls

Grab awesome would you rather questions perfect for getting girls (and boys) to think about various fun topics. This is just a fun way to get girls giggling and enjoying the art of discussion and expression.

Would You Rather Swim with Dolphins or Turtles?

Would you rather sneeze confetti or cough bubbles?

Would You Rather Ride a pet Unicorn or a pet Dragon?

Would you rather have only one best friend for the rest of your life or have 10 best friends that live each in another country?

Would you rather it’s Christmas every day or your birthday every day?

Would you rather know how to play the piano or know how to play the guitar?

Would you rather have a big bed or a big bedroom?

Would you rather have rainbows or flowers shoot out of your eyes?

Would you rather be very smart or very athletic?

Would you rather have a koala or a panda bear for a pet?

Would you rather be able to slide down rainbows or jump on the clouds?

Would you rather be a teacher or a police officer?

Would you rather ride in a hot air balloon or a helicopter?

Would you rather always have tangled hair or always have wet underarms?

Would You Rather Questions For Middle School

Middle Schoolers are between childhood and adolescence. These times can be confusing and uncertain for many of these older kids.

Keeping the lines of communication with them can be vital at this stage. These would you rather middle school questions can help you start talking to them regularly.

Would You Rather Ride a Giraffe or Elephant?

Would You Rather Spend your entire life on a desert island or a Tropical Island?

Would you rather be completely invisible for one day or be able to fly for one day?

Would you rather be an only child or have ten siblings?

Would you rather go water skiing or go to a water theme park / water park?

Would you rather learn how to write songs or learn how to sing?

Would you rather be a fast writer or a fast reader?

Would you rather spend the weekend indoors or outdoors?

Would you rather go to a pool party or a beach party?

Would you rather be the first child or the last child?

Would you rather it was winter all the time, or it was summer all the time?

Would you rather have a big bed or a big bedroom?

Would you rather learn how to cook or learn how to bake?

Would you rather travel to the moon or explore the deepest oceans?

Would you rather go to China or Japan?

Would you rather be a famous singer or a famous actor?

Would You Rather Questions For Teens

Teenagers can get in their own little world at times. They get involved in school, in thoughts of the future, and their friends. Take time to talk to your kids with these 300+ Would You Rather Questions for Teenagers.

Would you rather be the richest person in the world with no friends or the poorest person with close friends?

Would You Rather be on a deserted island with toilet paper or bug spray?

Would You Rather have no electronics or no deserts ever?

Would you rather live on the beach or in a cabin in the woods?

Would you rather travel the world for a year, all expenses paid, or have $40,000 to spend on whatever you want?

Would you rather never play video games again or never use your favorite mobile app again?

Would you rather be Prom King/Queen or valedictorian?

Would you rather be Mary or Martha?

Would you rather be popular but have fake friends or be unpopular but have real friends?

Would you rather stay up all night or stay in bed all day?

Would you rather visit a museum or an art gallery?

Would you rather be an adult already or be a child again?

Would you rather sail the world or fly around the world?

Key Points

You will learn a lot about your children, and your family and friends can learn about each other with would you rather questions. The questions encourage children to think critically, problem-solve, and experience great discussions.

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