FAMILY

Click the play button on the left  to see a sample simulated conversation.

Below is a list of topics you might like to use for your conversation. 

1. Talk about when and where were you born.

2. Where are you now, and how did you come to be there?

3. Where did your family originate?

4. Describe the first home you remember.

5. Describe your parents and grandparents when you were a child.

6. Describe your favorite toys and activities as a child. 

7. Talk about  your and/or your parents' occupations.

8. What are some stories or experiences you heard from your parents?

9. What do you know about earlier ancestors?

10. What were your parents' religious beliefs?

11. What were your parent's political beliefs?

12. What other relatives do you best remember?

13. If you have siblings, describe your relationship with them.

14. Describe hobbies and activities that interested you and/or your parents when you were a child.

15. Describe the economic situation of your family if or when they had to do without.

16. Talk about skills your parents taught you.

17. Where did your parents meet or grow up?

18. Talk about ethnic, racial, and economic differences in your childhood neighborhood.

19. Talk about your and/or your parents education.

20. What are the best memories you have about your family?

21. Talk about your children.

22. Talk about your grandchildren.

23. Talk about the children in your neighborhood.

24. Send a message to distant family members, now separated by distance or time.

25. Talk about activities you have done, or events you have experienced.

26. Talk about activities you wish you had done.

27. Talk about activities you wish you had not done.

28. Talk about activities you wish you had seen (or not seen).

29. What advice can you give to your family?

30.  What would you like to say to your family?

31. Talk about how your parents met when, where, results.

32. What are the good things taught to you by your parents?

33. Tell some stories told to you by your oldest relatives.

34. Describe childhood things that are, and are not, popular now.

35. Looking back, were your parents more authoritarian than most, or more lenient?

36. Looking back on being a parent, what were the most rewarding things, and what were the most challenging things?

37. What family traditions do you wish that you could experience again?

38. Describe trips your family took together.

39. Describe things (by taste, by sight, by sound, etc.) that other relatives scence differently.

40. All things considered, what would you say today about FAMILY?