Tell me about your grandparents. Grandparents LOVE sharing their stories

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1 Tell me about your grandparents.

2 Where and when were you born? What was happening that year?

3 What is a favorite memory of your grandparents?

4 Who do you look most like? Whose personality did you inherit?

5 What type of work did your parents and grandparents do?

6 What was the best advice your parents and grandparents gave you?

7 How did your parents decide on your name? Did you have any nicknames?

8 What were your relationships with your siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles?

9 What family traditions did you have growing up? What was your favorite one?

10 Where did you live when you were growing up? Describe homes, yards, and neighborhoods.

11 What were your favorite meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

12 What would you do to change the world today?

13 What was your favorite snack? Ice cream flavor?

14 What activities did you most enjoy doing during your childhood?

15 What was your favorite card game? Board game? App? DVD? Website?

16 What did you enjoy doing outside? What did you enjoy doing inside?

17 What is your favorite season of the year? Why?

18 Tell me about your childhood. What do you regret doing as a child?

19 What were some family rules? What happened if they weren t followed?

20 What was the most difficult challenge you faced growing up?

21 What are some favorite memories of your childhood?

22 Did you have pets as a child? Tell me about them.

23 When you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?

24 What was your favorite holiday? How did you celebrate it?

25 How was your birthday celebrated? Which was your favorite one?

26 Where and when did you start going to school? What did you like best? Least?

27 What was your favorite subject in school? Why?

28 Who was your favorite teacher? Why?

29 What did you do during recess at school?

30 Who was your best friend in school? Why? How did you spend time together?

31 What activities/ sports did you do while in school?

32 What was your best memory of grade school? High school?

33 Did you play any musical instruments? Were any of your relatives musical?

34 What were some of your favorite songs? Singers?

35 What was your favorite movie? Why?

36 What were some of the social activities you did as a teenager?

37 How have clothing styles changed over the years?

38 How have hairstyles changed from when you were young?

39 When did you start to date? Where did you go on dates?

40 Tell me about the first person you dated.

41 When did you have your first kiss? When did you fall in love?

42 What was your first car? How much did cars cost when you were young?

43 What jobs did you have? How much money did you earn?

44 What was your favorite job? Most difficult?

45 When did you move away from your home? Where did you go?

46 How did you 2 meet each other? How old were you? How did you feel?

47 How old were you when you married? What advice do you want to share with me when I start dating? Grandparents LOVE sharing their stor

48 What was your wedding like? Where did you go on your honeymoon?

49 When did you 2 fall in love? When did you know you chose the right person to marry?

50 What do you want me to look for when finding the right person to marry?

51 What were the most important things you looked for when dating and thinking about marriage?

52 What do you think was the most important advice your parents gave you?

53 When did you buy your first home? How much did it cost? What was it like?

54 How many places have you lived? Tell me about each.

55 How old were you when you first learned about God? Who first introduced you to God?

56 Describe your faith in God. How did your faith in God grow?

57 What advice would you share with me when I have difficult challenges? How did you handle them?

58 What do you want me to know about God?

59 How do you worship God? Where?

60 What do you want me to know about Heaven?

61 What did you most enjoy doing together as a family?

62 What do you want me to know about praying and worshipping God?

63 What is the most important thing you want me to understand about living my life?

64 How would you describe your relationship with God?

65 How has dating changed since you were in high school?

66 What advice would you like to share with me about the rights and wrongs of dating?

67 How old were you when you had your first and last child?

68 How did you feel when you first found out you were pregnant?

69 What were you most surprised about after becoming a parent?

70 What was my Mom/ Dad like when young?

71 Did you want to go back to work or stay home to take care of your children after becoming a parent?

72 What was the most difficult challenge you had after becoming a parent?

73 What would you have done differently when you were a parent?

74 How did you feel when my Mom/Dad began driving a car? Dating?

75 Did my Mom/Dad have a curfew? How was it enforced?

76 How did you discipline your children? What advice would you give me when I am a parent?

77 What was the best memory you have of being a parent? The most difficult memory?

78 How did you feel when you found out my Mom and Dad wanted to get married?

79 What were your proudest moments as a parent?

80 What have been the biggest inventions during your lifetime?

81 What do you predict will be the biggest inventions in the next decade? 50 years?

82 What is your favorite destination for a vacation?

83 When was your first train trip? Airplane Trip? Cruise?

84 What are your favorite hobbies? Sports?

85 What happened with space travel during your lifetime?

86 What has been the biggest lifestyle change that has taken place during your lifetime?

87 What do you remember about space exploration?

88 Who was the President when you were born?

89 What advice would you give me about smoking? Taking drugs?

90 How was your childhood different from mine?

91 What are the biggest differences in the way you and I grew up?

92 How has grocery shopping changed since you were young? Were there any super stores?

93 What new ways of producing energy do you predict in the next decade?

94 How has technology changed your life?

95 How have local, national, and international sports changed over the years?

96 What sports were played when you were growing up?

97 When were lifestyle homes first designed? Describe each home you owned and its design plan.

98 How have appliances changed over the years?

99 Who was your strongest role model? How did this person influence your life?

100 When did you decide what you wanted to be when you grew up? What did you do?

101 What was your biggest dream in life? Did it happen? Why or why not?

102 What was your biggest disappointment in life? How did your respond?

103 Do you miss anything that is no longer available now? What is it and why do you miss it?

104 What is your favorite book? Your favorite movie? Why?

105 How have you helped others during your life?

106 What organizations have you been involved in over the years?

107 Describe your career path. What did you learn along the way?

108 Where have your travels taken you? What other places would you like to visit?

109 What have you always wanted to do that you never had the chance to do?

110 What were the best times of your life?

111 What values have been most important to you?

112 What is your most valued possession? Why?

113 What was your most difficult transition? How did you handle it?

114 What is the most embarrassing thing you ever did? What lesson did you learn?

115 How did you feel when you first found out you were going to be a grandparent?

116 When did you first visit me? What was it like?

117 Who do you think I look like? Act like?

118 Do I have any of your characteristics?

119 Do I remind you of my parents?

120 What kind of relationship do you want to have with me?

121 What are you hoping I will learn from you?

122 What do you love the most about being a Grandparent?

123 What has being a Grandparent taught you?

124 What has been the biggest thrill about being a Grandparent?

125 What kind of things do you enjoy doing with me?

126 How much do you love me?

127 How do you feel about becoming older? Are you afraid to become old?

128 What made you decide to become a parent?

129 Do you still feel young?

130 How do you feel about exercise and eating healthy foods regularly?

131 When did you begin to feel you were getting older? What was your favorite age?

132 How do you feel about your children getting older and having children of their own?

133 What do you think happens after we die? Are you afraid to die?

134 What special skills do you have that you hope I will learn?

135 What advice would like to give me when I enter college? Get my first job?

136 If you could give me the best gift (not a material gift) of all, what would it be?

137 What really matters in life?

138 What do you want me to know about you?

139 What do you want to do during the rest of your life?

140 Where were you when 9/11 occurred?

141 What national tragedy do you remember most?

142 What family members were in the military? Where did they serve?

143 How was having grandchildren different from having your children?

144 Who made you laugh the most?

145 How did your spouse propose to you?

146 Where and when did you 2 meet?

147 What was your greatest fear during your childhood?

148 What do you see me doing when I am grown up?

149 How do you want people to remember you?

150 What do you wish you could do better?

151 Who was the longest living family member in our family?

152 What do you feel makes a successful marriage?

153 Was there another profession you considered?

154 What are you most proud of in your life?

155 What accomplishments are you most proud of?

156 Were you ever in a hospital for an accident or illness?

157 What was the most embarrassing time in your life?