You know them as parents. You barely know them as people.
There is a whole life that happened before you arrived, and most of us never ask about it because the parent role covers it up.
Try: what were you afraid of at my age, what would you have done differently, when did you feel most yourself.
One question is enough to open a door that has been closed for decades.
How to actually do it
- 01Write the one question you have always wondered about.
- 02Ask it somewhere sideways: a car, a walk, doing dishes.
- 03Do not fill the pause. Let them answer properly.
You already know if this is the one. Go put a date on it.
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