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Questions to ask · Growing up · for your Mom

What was a big heartbreak or disappointment, and how did you get through it?

Why this question matters

The years between childhood and responsibility are where people become themselves. These are the stories your mom rarely tells unprompted, and often the ones that surprise the family most.

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 music, posters and fashion filled your room?
  2. What was the most daring thing you did before you turned twenty?
  3. Who were your role models back then?
  4. What did you and your mother agree on, and argue about?
  5. What did you think your life would look like at thirty?

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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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