“What's their current favourite thing — the one they want to do again and again?”

Why this question

A game, a show, a food, a song. How it started. What it says about who they are right now.

Capturing it in voice

• ·Answer it yourself first, then ask them the same question and keep both. Two voices, one moment.
• ·You don't need quiet. You need now. Record it in the car, on the walk to school, at the foot of the bed.
• ·Record it on an ordinary day — the background noise of your kitchen is part of the keepsake.

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