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Questions to ask · Growing up · for your Grandpa

What was the bravest or most foolish thing you did as a young man?

Why this question matters

The years between childhood and responsibility are where people become themselves. These are the stories your grandpa rarely tells unprompted, and often the ones that surprise the family most.

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

  1. Did you learn to drive? Tell me about your first car or bicycle.
  2. What did your parents worry about most when you were young?
  3. If you could go back and tell your young self one thing, what would it be?
  4. What was the world like when you were a teenager?
  5. What did you and your friends do for fun on a weekend?

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Keep Grandpa’s answers in one book.

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

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