30 Questions for 30 Days: September Family Conversation Challenge 🍎

Between school drop-offs, homework, practices, dinner, and bedtime, September can feel like one big rush from one thing to the next.

So this month, we're slowing things down — just a little.

Welcome to our 30 Questions for 30 Days September Challenge!

Ask your child one question each day. Try it in the car, around the dinner table, while you're waiting for practice to start, or right before bed. Some questions are silly, some are all about fall, and a few might get your kids talking about things you never thought to ask.

There are no right answers. The only rule? Parents have to answer, too!

🍎 30 Questions for September

September 1: If you could add any class to your school, what would it be?

September 2: What is something you're really good at that isn't a school subject?

September 3: If our family had a mascot, what would it be?

September 4: What's one thing you want to learn how to do this year?

September 5: Would you rather have no homework or an extra-long lunch every day?

September 6: If kids were in charge of school for one day, what would happen?

September 7: What's your perfect Saturday?

September 8: If you could invent a new ice cream flavor, what would be in it?

September 9: What's something that always makes you laugh?

September 10: If our family were a TV show, what would it be called?

September 11: What makes someone a really good friend?

September 12: If you could have dinner with any famous person, who would you choose?

September 13: What's something you think our family should do more often?

September 14: Would you rather visit an apple orchard or a pumpkin patch?

September 15: If you could change one school rule, what would you change?

September 16: What's something grown-ups don't understand about being a kid?

September 17: If you could design the world's craziest corn maze, what would be inside?

September 18: What's one thing you've done recently that made you proud of yourself?

September 19: If you had a treasure chest, what three things would you keep inside?

September 20: What's one thing our family HAS to do this fall?

September 21: Would you rather jump into a giant pile of leaves or a giant pile of pillows?

September 22: If you could invent a brand-new holiday, what would we celebrate?

September 23: What's something you'd like to get better at this year?

September 24: If you woke up tomorrow and you were the parent, what's the first thing you'd do?

September 25: What's the nicest thing someone has done for you lately?

September 26: If you could go anywhere for a family weekend, where would you take us?

September 27: What's something you wish adults asked kids about more often?

September 28: If you could make one ridiculous law everyone had to follow, what would it be?

September 29: What makes you feel better when you've had a bad day?

September 30: What's something you hope we remember about this September?

💛 Parents, Don't Just Ask — Answer!

Here's where this challenge gets even better: answer the questions yourself.

Your kids might be surprised by your answers, too.

These aren't meant to turn into serious family meetings. They're simply little opportunities to laugh, learn something new about each other, and sneak a few meaningful conversations into an otherwise busy month.

Miss a day? Who cares! Ask two tomorrow. Pick your favorites. Put the questions in a jar. Screenshot the list and pull it up while you're sitting in the school pickup line.

The goal isn't really 30 questions.

It's 30 chances to connect.

🍂 Macaroni KID Macomb Challenge: How many can your family answer this September?