Friday, April 19, 2013

Modern Storytelling

Because I'm still just all weird-y weird from this week, instead of coming up with a post all by myself, I'm going to copy something. It came from an article about storytelling and how we should do it more, like at the dinner table. (Don't you wish I had the link to the article? Sorry.) These are things Chuck and I should tell our boys, but they're also things I should be asking my parents. I actually can answer about 15 of these about my own parents. Yep, feeling pret-ty good right about now.

1. Do you know how your parents met?
2. Do you know where your mother grew up?
3. Do you know where your father grew up?
4. Do you know where some of your grandparents grew up?
5. Do you know where some of your grandparents met?
6. Do you know where your parents were married?
7. Do you know what went on when you were being born?
8. Do you know the source of your name?
9. Do you know some things about what happened when your brothers or sisters were being born?
10. Do you know which person in your family you look most like?
11. Do you know which person in the family you act most like?
12. Do you know some of the illnesses and injuries that your parents experienced when they were younger?
13. Do you know some of the lessons that your parents learned from good or bad experiences?
14. Do you know some things that happened to your mom or dad when they were in school?
15. Do you know the national background of your family (such as English, German, Russian, etc)?
16. Do you know some of the jobs that your parents had when they were young?
17. Do you know some awards that your parents received when they were young?
18. Do you know the names of the schools that your mom went to?
19. Do you know the names of the schools that your dad went to?
20. Do you know about a relative whose face "froze" in a grumpy position because he or she did not smile enough?

2 comments:

  1. Was it Bruce Feiler on TED talks? http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_feiler_agile_programming_for_your_family.html I think he also had a NYT piece as well recently.

    Great stuff! I agree that storytelling IS so important for kids AND I knew about 16 of those listed as well!

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  2. hmmm, i'm not so good. i don't know how many i know - but it's definitely less than 15. i'll need to a have a talk with mom and dad.

    but, yes, we should also talk to our kids about this stuff - about us, their mom and dad. fun.

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