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100 Questions for My Parents: (Pick some questions for your Mom and Dad to answer on home video)
- When you were a boy/girl, what did you want to be when you grew up?
- What was one of your happiest teenage days?
- What’s it like having grown up children?
- How often do you think about your mother and dad?
- What do you remember about your mom?
- What do you know about your maternal grandparents?
- What do you remember about your Dad?
- What makes a good Dad/Mom?
- What has influenced or formed your political thinking?
- What’s your favourite movie?
- What were the key events that changed your life?
- What’s the biggest difference between my world and the world you grew up in?
- How did you propose to Mom (Dad propose to you)?
- What happened on your favourite family holiday?
- What influenced and formed your political thinking?
- What’s your favourite movie?
- What’s your favourite season? Why?
- Did you ever see anyone die in the war? Do you think about those experiences?
- What’s your favourite book? Why?
- Where were you when man first set foot on the moon?
- How did you deal with your parent’s death? (If deceased)
- What did you always want to do for work, but never had the chance?
- What is your own Golden Rule?
- What’s the biggest risk you’ve ever taken?
- How will I know when a risk is worth taking?
- What’s the most important thing to remember about money?
- What did you want me to be when I grew up?
- What is the mark of a good person?
- What do you love most about this country?
- What is the worst part about growing older?
- What’s the biggest difference between raising sons and daughters? (If applicable)
- Who has been your best friend?
- What makes a real friend?
- Is it possible to be a complete adult without suffering hardship, adversity, or danger?
- What do you believe happens when we die?
- What the best part of having children?
- What’s the biggest difference between my world and the world you grew up in?
- What were the key events that changed your life?
- Where would you most like to visit in the world? Why?
- What’s the good part about getting older?
- How did it feel to let me go to make my own life?
- How can I make each of my children feel as if they’re the most special?
- Who do you admire the most? Why?
- What do you think has been your greatest achievement?
- If you could go back and change one event in your life, what would it be and how would you change it?
- What did you like most and least about your Dad/Mom?
- What do you remember about Uncle/Aunt (name)?
- Have you ever carried a long-term grudge against someone? Why?
- Have you ever had to do something that took a lot of courage? What happened?
- Can you remember your parents really laughing? What was the cause?
- What do you wish you’d asked your dad/mom?
- Do you think you spent too much time at work when we were young?
- Do you think you were too strict with your children?
- Did you and Mom carefully plan how to raise us, or did you improvise?
- If you could change one thing about me, what would it be?
- What do you remember about my character as a young child?
- What’s your favourite song of all time? What does it remind you of?
- What’s the best time of life for a man/woman?
- What has been our proudest day as a husband/wife?
- Looking back through your dad, granddad, brothers, and so on, what characteristics do we all share?
- What were parties like when you were a young man/woman?
- What is a parent’s primary role – teacher, protector, provider, pal, or disciplinarian?
- What do you think has been the number one cause of our arguments?
- What makes a good son/daughter?
- How have you wanted your children to think of you?
- How does the role of a dad and a mom differ?
- What would you change about your style of fathering/mothering?
- All things considered, would you rather have grown up in your world or in today’s world?
- What is your favourite memory of spending time with me?
- What did you worry about most as I was growing up?
- How did you meet mom/dad? Where did you go on your first date?
- What did you worry about most as I was growing up?
- What did you always want to do with your kids, but never had the chance?
- How have you re-motivated yourself when faced with bad times?
- What was the greatest gift your parents gave to you?
- Have you tried to instil the same lessons from your parents in your children? Have you succeeded?
- When did you get your first car? What model was it?
- Did you go as far academically as you wanted?
- What was your happiest school day?
- What was your first job?
- How introduced you to mom/dad? Did you have to get around anyone?
- How did you feel when you heard you were going to be a parent?
- What was the first thought you had when you saw me?
- What is the fondest memory you have of me?
- How did it feel having more children? Did you want more children?
- Is there anything that you wish you had said to me that haven’t had a chance to say?
- Is there anything that you wish you had never said to me?
- Did you ever save anyone's life?
- Did you ever catch me doing something that I wasn’t supposed to do – and never said anything?
- What was your proudest moment as a parent?
- What was your scariest moment as my parent?
- Is there anywhere that you wanted to travel that you have not yet visited?
- Is there anything that you always wanted to do –but have not yet done?
- Who gave you the best advice you ever received? What was it about?
- What are your thoughts about religion?
- What did it feel like becoming a grandparent?
- Why is family important?
- What do you miss most as you get on in age?
- What is your earliest memory as a child?
- What is the one thing that you would like to know that I will accomplish in my life?
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