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Questions to ask · Family · for your Dad

What did you think the first time you held me?

Why this question matters

Becoming a parent or a grandparent changes everything, and it is rare to hear what it actually felt like. This question lets your dad tell it from the inside.

Ask it on a quiet afternoon, give time for the answer, and write down the small details. That is where the story lives.

  1. What did you learn from me?
  2. What family traditions did you want to keep, and which ones did you start?
  3. What was a moment when you felt you got it right as a dad?
  4. Is there anything you'd do differently?
  5. What do you see in me that reminds you of yourself?

From the journal

Keep Dad’s answers in one book.

This is one of the 100 guided questions in Tell Me Your Story, Dad. Every page has room to write the answer by hand.

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