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Questions to ask · Family · for your Parents

When did I make you proudest?

Why this question matters

Becoming a parent or a grandparent changes everything, and it is rare to hear what it actually felt like. This question lets them tell it from the inside.

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 was being pregnant with me like, or how did I come into your life?
  2. Tell me everything you remember about the day I arrived.
  3. What did you feel the first time you held me?
  4. What were the first few weeks like, honestly?
  5. What surprised you most about becoming a mother?

From the journal

Keep their answers in one book.

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

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