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Questions to ask · School days · for your Mom

Did you dance, play music or play a sport? Tell me about it.

Why this question matters

School stories are safe ground: easy to start, often funny, and full of names and places you have never heard before. They are a gentle way into bigger memories.

Ask it on a quiet afternoon, give time for the answer, and write down the small details. That is where the story lives.

  1. What do you wish someone had told you back then?
  2. What was the naughtiest thing you ever did?
  3. What were you like as a student?
  4. Which subject came easily to you, and which one never did?
  5. Tell me about a teacher who made a difference to you.

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Keep Mom’s answers in one book.

This is one of the 100 guided questions in Tell Me Your Story, Mom. Every page has room to write the answer by hand.

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