It is often easier to forget that your parents are just mere individuals, other than "mom" and "dad" - they have their friends, their problems, their stresses and their victories - beyond the purpose of being your parent. But reducing someone to just a fraction of what they are, can make it difficult to build a relationship with them on a deeper level. To lay the groundwork for a fuller relationship with your parents, then, you may need to ask questions to get to know them better.

30 questions recommended by the experts are:

- Questions to start with

1. Where did you learn X, Y or Z?

2. How was your childhood, growing up?

3. What did you enjoy doing alone when you were younger?

4. Who were your close friends when you were a child?

5. What did you enjoy doing with friends when you were younger?

6. What do you think is your superpower?

7. What do you like to do to pass the time?

8. What are the things you love / do passionately?

9. How was your day at work today?

10. What do you like most about your job?

- Questions about relationships

11. What was life like when you were my age?

12. What is the most funny thing that happened to you during parenting when I was little?

13. How did you meet mom / dad and what attracted you to them?

14. How did you decide to have a baby?

15. What activities do you like to do most with me?

16. Si e keni menaxhuar punën dhe jetën kur ishit në moshën time?

17. Si është t'i shohësh fëmijët të rriten?

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18. Si u bërë ky/kjo që je sot?

19. Si mendon se ka qenë mënyra e prindërimit, të prindërve të tu?

20. Çfarë këshillash more nga prindërit e tu që të frymëzuan lidhur me mua?

21. A mban mend diçka specifike që të ka ndodhur gjatë fëmijërisë dhe ka patur shumë ndikim te ty?

22. Cila është gjëja që të pëlqen më shumë te vetja?

23. Si e ke patur marrëdhëniem me gjyshërit e tu?

24. Çfarë mendon se është diçka për të cilën kishe nevojë nga prindërit e tu, por që nuk e more?

25. Cila është humbja më e vështirë që ke përjetuar?

26. Çfarë do bëje diçka ndryshe në jetë?

27. Si u ndjeve ditën që linda unë?

28. A ka diçka për mënyrën se si më ke rritur mua, që do doje ta ndryshoje?

29. Si e mendon të ardhmen për veten dhe familjen tënde?

30. How do you feel?

Source: Well & Good