How well do our children know us?

Everyone of us has a story to tell. Our life is unique to us and our journey, experiences, feelings and memories to date have carved us into who we are today. These experiences can be shared with our children in a creative way. Below are many questions that often don’t get asked, you can go a lifetime and your children will not know the answers to any of these insights into your lifetime.

It can bring you closer &/or open up topics for further discussions. Answer the questions as if your child is asking them. Why don’t you copy and print them out – take your time to answer them carefully and honestly, include as many photos as possible then present it to your child/children as a gift.  You could even get it published online as a book for little cost, simply Google “online publishing” and there are many to research and choose from 🙂

 Questions to share:

1. Tell me about the time and place you were born
2. What are your earliest memories?
3. Tell me about your Mum and Dad
4. What do you think your parents thought of you as a child?
5. What interesting information do you know about other people in your family?
6. Detail what you know of our family tree?
7. Tell me some more about your family that may interest generations to come.
8. What do you remember about the places you lived when you were a child?
9. What were your favorite childhood toys or games?
10. Tell me about your best friends as a child.
11. What do you remember about holidays as a child?
12. What sort of pets did you have when you were a child and what was their names?
13. What were you best at when you were at school?
14. What did you want to do when you grew up?
15. Who was your best friend as a teenager and why?
16. What were your favorite hobbies when you were young?
17. Did you have a idol when you were young? tell me who and why.
18. What was the first piece of music you bought?
19. What would have been your top 10 favorite pieces of music when you were young?
20. Describe any family traditions you had when you were young? or maybe still have.
21. What age did you start work and tell me about the jobs you have had?
22. What was the first car you ever owned and tell me about the other vehicles you have had?
23. How did you meet my mother?
24. What were some of the things you would do on a night out with each other?
25. Describe a special day you had with my mother?
26. How did you feel when you found out you were going to be a father?
27. What did you think when you first saw me after I was born?
28. What were my statistics when I was born – time of birth, height and weight?
29. What did I look like when I was born?
30. Did you have a nickname when you were young? what was it and why?
31. Before I was born what other names were you thinking of calling me?
32. What was the first word or words you remember me saying?
33. Describe some of the favorite memories you have of me when I was a child?
34. What was I like when I was a child?
35. What attributes did I have as a child and still have now?
36. What were you most proud of me when I was at school?
37. Describe what you like about me?
38. Is there anything you would like to change about me?
39. What are the happiest memories of your life so far?
40. What are a few of your favorite things?
41. Tell me about the tings that make you laugh?
42. Describe your memory of a major world event that has happened in your life.
43. Describe the greatest change that you have seen in your lifetime so far.
44. Describe something you still want to achieve in your life.
45. Tell me about the dream you have for your life.
46. If you were an animal what type of animal would you be and why?
47. If you won the lottery what would you do with the money?
48. What have you found most difficult in your life?
49. What is your biggest regret in your life and can you do anything about it now?
50. With hindsight what would you do differently?
51. Tell me something you think I wont know about you.
52. What would you like your epitaph to say?
53. Is there anything you would like to say sorry for?
54. What piece of advise would you like to offer me?
55. Is there anything else you would like to say that hasn’t been mentioned?
56. And now for the record…
    • Your full name?
    • DOB
    • What colour are your eyes?
    • How tall are you?
    • How much do you weigh?
    • What blood group are you?
    • What was the date you completed this journal for me?

Create a treasured family keepsake, share you life, your journey, your memories, your laughs and even your challenges.