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Chapter 9 of 10

Our traditions & things we did

The rituals and adventures that make you, you.

  1. № 01

    What's a family tradition that's completely your own — not inherited, just evolved?

  2. № 02

    What's a recurring thing you do together that isn't really a tradition, but kind of is?

  3. № 03

    How does your family celebrate birthdays?

  4. № 04

    What's the family's relationship with a particular holiday or celebration?

  5. № 05

    What are your family's season markers — the firsts you watch for every year?

  6. № 06

    What does summer (or winter, or term-time, or weekends) look like for your family?

  7. № 07

    What's a saying or expression that's completely yours as a family?

  8. № 08

    What's a meal or food that has become part of your family story?

  9. № 09

    What do you make, build, or cook together?

  10. № 10

    What's the soundtrack of your family right now?

  11. № 11

    What do you do when it rains?

  12. № 12

    What are the day trips and places you return to, again and again?

  13. № 13

    Tell the story of a family holiday or trip that became part of your mythology.

  14. № 14 · ages 5-12

    Tell the story of the trip that went wrong — and became a better story than the ones that went right.

  15. № 15

    What's the best day you've ever had together — so far?

  16. № 16

    What traditions from your own childhood have you passed on — and what have you deliberately changed?

  17. № 17

    Which traditions does your child police most fiercely — the ones they insist must happen?

  18. № 18

    Which tradition do you most hope they carry into their own life?