“What part of your own childhood comes up in how you parent?”

Why this question

The things you inherited — good and hard. What you're aware of, and what you're trying to do with it.

Capturing it in voice

• ·Say the date and their age out loud at the start. In ten years that one detail will do half the work.
• ·If a sibling wanders in mid-recording, keep going. The interruption is the memory.
• ·Answer it yourself first, then ask them the same question and keep both. Two voices, one moment.

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