Språkcafé #101, 26/11/2025: Parenthood

language workshop

Part 1

1. If you don't have children, do you want them in the future? If you do have children, when did you first know you wanted to be a parent?

   
   

2. How many children would be ideal for you and why that particular number?

   
   

3. What are the advantages of being a parent?

   
   

4. What are the difficulties of parenting?

   
   

5. How does becoming a parent change a person and how does it affect their life?

   
   
   
   

6. If you are a parent, was there anything about parenthood that surprised you?

   
   

7. Is having children the purpose of life?

   
   

8. Is it okay not to want children?

   
   
   
   

9. What is the ideal age to become a parent in your opinion?

   
   

10. What are the challenges of becoming a parent as a teenager?

    
    

11. Were/are you afraid of becoming a parent and why do you think some people have that fear?

    
    

12. Why are people putting off parenthood more and more?

    
    

13. What should be the oldest age to become a parent, in your opinion?

    
    
    
    

14. There is a Croatian proverb - small children, little worries, grown-up children, big worries. Do you think it is true? Explain your answer.

    
    

15. What do you think makes a good parent - how does one raise a mentally healthy child?

    
    

16. Have you noticed any differences in parenting styles between your home country and Sweden?

    
    

17. How has parenting changed over time?

    
    

18. Is it possible for a parent not to love their child?

    
    
    
    

19. What were your parents like?

    
    

20. Is there anything you would change about how you were raised?

    
    

21. Do fathers love their daughters more and mothers their sons?

    
    

22. Who do you think is most important in raising children - mothers or fathers?

    
    

23. What do we get from our mothers and what from our fathers?

    
    

24. Is it possible to love your children equally?

    
    

25. Did your parents love you and your siblings equally?

    
    

26. How does one raise a son and how does one raise a daughter? Are there any differences?

    
    
    
    

27. Why do children need limits and what is the best way to set them?

    
    

28. Should a child be allowed to hurt a parent, their siblings, other children or animals?

    
    

29. Should a child be allowed to scream in public places like restaurants, stores, etc.?

    
    

30. Do children respond to being explained things - do they stop behaving badly?

    
    
    
    

31. Would you like to know the sex of a child before it is born?

    
    

32. Should science help people "design" their children, that is, choose their characteristics such as sex and appearance?

Part 2

33. How does not being able to have children affect one psychologically?

    
    

34. How does not being able to have children affect the romantic relationship between two people?

    
    

35. How does society view people not being able to have children?

    
    

36. What do you think are the reasons why many modern couples have difficulty having children?

    
    
    
    

37. What do you think about in vitro fertilization?

    
    

38. Do you know how in vitro fertilization works?

    
    

39. Do you think in vitro fertilization would be covered by health insurance and for how many children?

    
    

40. What do you think about donating sex cells, for example via sperm banks?

    
    
    
    

41. Which do you think is better - giving birth in a hospital or at home?

    
    

42. Do you think childbirth is handled properly in modern healthcare systems?

    
    

43. Should women have paid parental leave during pregnancy and after childbirth?

    
    

44. Should fathers have paid parental leave?

    
    

45. Should fathers take on 50% of the care of their children?

    
    
    
    

46. What do you think about adopting children?

    
    

47. Do you think there are any disadvantages to adopting children?

    
    

48. Do you think that people who have adopted children and their own biological children love them equally?

    
    

49. Have you ever considered adopting a child or becoming a foster parent?

    
    

50. If you adopted a child, would you tell them that they are adopted?

    
    
    
    

51. Should a child always be raised in a traditional family?

    
    

52. Can a family member or friend of a family take on the role of a parent?

    
    
    
    

53. What do you think motivates people to have large families with many children?

    
    

54. Do you think it is good for a child to grow up with many siblings?

    
    
    
    

55. Should a child be a reason for marriage?

    
    

56. What is your opinion on abortion?

    
    
    
    

57. Who should get custody of the children in a divorce?

    
    

58. What challenges in parenting does divorce bring?

    
    

59. How do you think divorce affects children and how can the negative consequences in that sense be minimized?

    
    
    
    

60. How does losing a parent at a young age affect a child psychologically?

    
    

61. How does society treat children who have lost their parents?

    
    

62. Can one recover from losing a child?

    
    
    
    

63. How does having a child with a disability affect a parent's life?

    
    

64. How should children with disabilities be raised?

    
    

65. What role should society play when it comes to upbringing children with disabilities?

    
    
    
    

66. Do you think children have certain obligations towards their parents, such as taking care of them when they get old?