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50 questions

50 questions to ask your parents

A parent's story comes out when someone asks. From childhood to what life taught them, ask one at a time, the way you would in conversation. Written down, it stays for the whole family.

  • Ask one question at a time.
  • There is no right answer. One scene is enough.
  • Answers can be recorded in the app's 'Record by voice', in their own voice.

Childhood

  1. 1When you picture the house you grew up in, what do you see first?Record this one
  2. 2What was your favourite game as a child, and who did you play it with?Record this one
  3. 3Which of your mother's dishes can you still taste when you think of it?Record this one
  4. 4What did a holiday or a birthday look like when the whole family gathered?Record this one
  5. 5Tell me about a time you got into real trouble as a child.Record this one
  6. 6What is your oldest memory of your father?Record this one
  7. 7What were you afraid of when you were little?Record this one
  8. 8Is there a grown-up from your neighbourhood you still remember? What were they like?Record this one
  9. 9What was the first thing you bought with money you earned or saved?Record this one

School and youth

  1. 10What was your way to school like? On foot, and with whom?Record this one
  2. 11Which teacher do you remember most, and why?Record this one
  3. 12Tell me one memory with your closest friend from school.Record this one
  4. 13What did you dream of doing when you were young?Record this one
  5. 14When did you first live away from home, and what was it like?Record this one
  6. 15Was there a song you loved back then? What scene comes back when you hear it?Record this one
  7. 16Is there something from military service or your first years of work you never forgot?Record this one
  8. 17When were you bravest as a young person?Record this one

Work and making a living

  1. 18What was your first job, and how did the first day go?Record this one
  2. 19When did your work feel most worthwhile?Record this one
  3. 20How did you get through the hardest stretch of your working life?Record this one
  4. 21Is there someone you worked with that you are still grateful to?Record this one
  5. 22Do you remember when money was tightest at home? How did the family manage?Record this one
  6. 23Of all the places you lived, which neighbourhood stays with you most?Record this one
  7. 24What are you proud of having built or achieved yourself?Record this one
  8. 25If you were young again, what work would you like to try?Record this one

Love and family

  1. 26What was the day you first met your spouse like?Record this one
  2. 27Tell me one scene you remember from your wedding day.Record this one
  3. 28How did you feel when your first child was born?Record this one
  4. 29What was the happiest day when your children were small?Record this one
  5. 30What worried you most while raising your children?Record this one
  6. 31Was there a place the family often went, or a trip everyone remembers?Record this one
  7. 32Is there something you never got to say to your own parents?Record this one
  8. 33Is there a story with your brothers or sisters that still makes you laugh?Record this one
  9. 34Is there a story or a custom passed down in our family?Record this one

People and places

  1. 35Who has been your most treasured friend?Record this one
  2. 36If you went back to your hometown, where would you go first?Record this one
  3. 37What is the farthest you have ever travelled, and what do you remember?Record this one
  4. 38Do you remember the day the first television or telephone arrived at home?Record this one
  5. 39Is there a piece of news you have never forgotten?Record this one
  6. 40Did a stranger ever help you when you needed it?Record this one
  7. 41Tell me about one thing you treasure and the story behind it.Record this one
  8. 42Think of one old photograph. What is the story in it?Record this one

What life taught

  1. 43What was the best decision you ever made?Record this one
  2. 44Is there something you would do differently if you could?Record this one
  3. 45What words or beliefs held you together in hard times?Record this one
  4. 46What do you think happiness is?Record this one
  5. 47What do you most want your grandchildren to know?Record this one
  6. 48What have you come to understand only as you got older?Record this one
  7. 49How would you like people to remember you?Record this one
  8. 50If you could leave one message for the family today, what would it be?Record this one

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