Practical & Life Logistics
Questions for housing, parenting, health, money, legal matters, and service providers.
Questions to Ask a New Pediatrician
Twenty questions for a meet-and-greet or first appointment with a pediatrician, covering how the office handles sick visits, after-hours calls, vaccines, referrals and disagreement. Written for parents choosing a practice or switching from one.
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Questions to Ask a New School as a Parent
Twenty questions for parents visiting a school, covering class sizes, how concerns get handled, support for children who are behind or ahead, staff turnover and what a year actually costs. Written for a first tour or a mid-year move.
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Questions to Ask a Newborn Photographer
Questions for parents booking a newborn session, covering timing and booking, studio versus home, safety training and posing, props and hygiene, what the price includes, how many edited images you receive, turnaround, usage rights and what happens if the day does not go to plan.
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Questions to Ask a Night Nurse
Twenty questions for a patient or a family member at the start of an overnight nursing shift, in hospital or at home. Covers medication times, monitoring, sleep, pain relief overnight, and who can be reached if something changes.
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Questions to Ask a Non-Custodial Parent
Questions for a custodial parent coordinating with the other parent, whether the arrangement is new or several years old. They cover schedule changes, school and medical information, what happens at handovers, shared costs, and which rules are worth keeping the same in both homes.
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Questions to Ask a Nutritionist
Questions to use during an appointment with a dietitian or nutritionist, once you have already chosen them: what to change first, how food interacts with your medication, what the plan costs in time and money, and how you will both know it is working.
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Questions to Ask a Parent About Their Child
Intake questions for teachers, childminders, nannies, coaches, and anyone taking a child into their care: routines, medical needs, comfort strategies, transitions, and family practice. Ordered so the easy questions come first and the sensitive ones later.
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Questions to Ask a Pastor
Written for the first visit rather than the tenth year. Twenty questions a newcomer can reasonably put to a pastor before turning up or in the ten minutes after: what actually happens in a service and how long it runs, where the children go, who is welcome at communion, what people wear, whether anything is expected of you financially, and how anyone here ends up knowing anyone else. It is the practical set. If you have visited a few times and are now weighing up whether to commit, the questions aimed at deciding whether to join cover governance, money and accountability instead.
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Questions to Ask a Patent Attorney
For inventors and small company founders sitting down with a patent attorney for the first time. These questions cover whether your invention is worth filing on, what the whole process costs stage by stage, who actually writes your claims, and what happens if someone copies you.
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Questions to Ask a Pediatrician at a Meet and Greet
For expectant and new parents interviewing a pediatric practice before signing on. These questions cover who you will actually see, newborn and sick visits, after-hours access, the vaccine schedule, messaging and billing, and how the doctor handles disagreement.
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Questions to Ask a Pediatrician at the 2 Week Visit
Questions parents can bring to the two week well-child appointment, covering weight and feeding, diapers and jaundice, sleep and safe sleep setup, when to call the office, what is coming at the next visits, and how the parents themselves are doing.
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Questions to Ask a Pediatrician When Interviewing Them
Questions for a longer, more searching conversation with a pediatrician: training and caseload, how they reason when a case is unclear, who coordinates care across specialists, and what happens if you want a second opinion or something goes wrong.
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Questions to Ask a Personal Trainer Before Hiring
Twenty questions for a first meeting or trial session with a personal trainer, covering qualifications and insurance, what sessions cost and how they are cancelled, how injuries are handled, and how you will both judge whether the training is working.
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Questions to Ask a Pet Sitter
For interviewing a pet sitter before you hand over a key. These questions cover insurance and training, what a visit actually involves, how they handle medication and a sick animal, who covers if they cannot come, and what happens to your key and door code.
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Questions to Ask a Pet Sitter Reference
Questions for the phone call to someone a pet sitter has listed as a reference, covering how well they really know the sitter, what the stays involved, reliability and communication, how problems were handled, and the things people only say when asked directly.
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Good Questions to Ask a Physical Therapist
Questions to ask a physical therapist at a first appointment or during a course of treatment: what they think is causing the symptoms, what a session involves, the home programme and the time it takes, how progress will be measured, cost and number of visits, and when they would refer you on.
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Questions to Ask a Plumber
Questions to ask before hiring a plumber, covering licensing and insurance, how the price is calculated, written estimates, permits, parts and warranties, cleanup, and payment terms.
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Questions to Ask a Podiatrist
Podiatry appointments are short, and foot problems are easy to mislabel from the outside. These twenty questions cover getting a named diagnosis, working through treatment from the least invasive option upward, deciding whether you actually need custom orthotics, and knowing what counts as a reason to come back early. Written for a first visit about new pain, and for anyone with diabetes or reduced sensation who needs clear rules about their feet.
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Questions to Ask a Pool Builder
A pool is one of the largest contracts most households ever sign, and most of the trouble comes from what was left out of the quote rather than from bad workmanship. These twenty-two questions cover licensing and insurance, which crews are employees and which are subcontractors, what the price excludes, which items are allowances that can grow, how payments are tied to milestones, what happens if the dig hits rock or groundwater, and what the warranty actually covers. Ask the same set of every bidder so the comparison is like for like.
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Questions to Ask a Pool Contractor Before You Sign
For homeowners getting bids on a new pool or a major renovation. These 20 questions pull the vague parts of a pool proposal into the open: exclusions, excavation surprises, draw schedules, equipment brands and warranty terms.
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Questions to Ask a Postpartum Doula
Postpartum doula support is usually arranged before the birth and then used during the weeks when you have the least capacity to sort out a misunderstanding. These twenty-two questions cover what a shift includes, where the scope ends, night work and sleep, rates and cancellation terms, who covers if the doula is unwell, how feeding is supported whichever way you decide to feed, and what they would do if they were worried about your mood. Plain answers are what you want, and in writing wherever money is involved.
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Questions to Ask a Potential Babysitter
An interview for parents hiring a babysitter, whether a neighbor's teenager for date nights or a professional sitter for regular hours. It runs from logistics and rates through emergency scenarios and discipline to references.
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Questions to Ask a Potential Babysitter
Interviewing a sitter usually happens in ten minutes at a kitchen table, and the questions worth using are the concrete ones. These twenty-two cover current first aid certification, what they would do about a head knock or an allergic reaction, how they handle bedtime and a child who has been told twice, water and pets, phones and visitors, and the money and cancellation terms. Written for hiring an evening or weekend sitter, whether that is a teenager from down the road or an experienced adult.
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Questions to Ask a Potential Caregiver Before Hiring
A working interview script for families hiring an in-home caregiver for an aging parent or a disabled relative. Use it to test real hands-on skill, settle pay and backup coverage, and catch problems before day one.
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Questions to Ask a Potential Cleaning Client
For independent cleaners and small cleaning businesses screening an inquiry. The point is to price the job accurately, learn what the space is really like, and set terms before the first visit rather than after a disagreement.
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Questions to Ask a Potential Doula
Questions for a doula interview: training and birth experience, how they work alongside your partner and the medical team, what the fee covers, backup arrangements, and support after the birth. Written for first-time and repeat parents deciding whom to hire.
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Questions to Ask a Preschool
Questions for the enrolment decision itself: whether there is a place when you need one, the real monthly cost, closure weeks, the settling-in arrangement, what you send each day, and what happens when your child is ill or your days change. For parents visiting two or three programs.
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Questions to Ask a Previous Landlord
A reference-check call for landlords and property managers screening an applicant. The questions cover the facts of the tenancy, payment record, condition at move-out, and conduct, and they stay on the tenancy rather than the person.
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Questions to Ask a Private Investigator
Questions for the first conversation with a private investigator, covering licensing, what the work can and cannot legally involve, how time is billed, and how findings would hold up if the matter reaches a court.
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Questions to Ask a Probate Lawyer Before Hiring
Questions for the first meeting with a probate lawyer, before you sign anything. They cover who the lawyer represents, how fees are set and paid, who will do the work, and whether this estate needs a full probate at all.
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Questions to Ask a Professional Fiduciary
Questions for families interviewing a professional fiduciary to serve as trustee, agent under a power of attorney, conservator, or executor, covering licensing, fees, authority, oversight, and succession.
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Questions to Ask a Public Defender
Questions for a meeting with the public defender assigned to your case, covering the charges, the evidence, any plea offer, the consequences beyond a sentence, and what you should do between court dates.
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Questions to Ask a Reference for a Nanny
Questions for the call to a family a nanny has worked for. They cover dates and duties, what an ordinary day looked like, discipline and safety, reliability, and the answers that tend to arrive only after a pause.
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Questions to Ask a Retirement Advisor
Questions for a first meeting with a retirement advisor, or a review with the one you already use. They cover how the advisor is paid, the assumptions behind your target, withdrawal order and taxes, health and long-term care costs, and what leaving would cost.
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Questions to Ask a School
Questions for parents and carers visiting a school, covering class sizes, staff turnover, the shape of an ordinary school day, homework, extra support, costs beyond the obvious ones and how the school handles things going wrong.
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Questions to Ask a Seller Before Listing
Questions for a listing appointment, written for the agent sitting at a seller's kitchen table before anything goes on the market. Covers motivation and timing, what is owed, who actually owns the property, condition and disclosure, showing logistics, and price expectations.
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