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Questions to ask · School days · for your Dad

What was the worst trouble you got into at school?

Why this question matters

School stories are safe ground: easy to start, often funny, and full of names and places you have never heard before. They are a gentle way into bigger memories.

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 play any sports or music? Were you any good?
  2. What did you and your friends do after school?
  3. What were you most proud of in your school years?
  4. What was the most embarrassing moment of your school days?
  5. What do you wish someone had told you back then?

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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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