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For Adult Children of Aging Parents
If you're an adult child watching your parents grow older, this category is for you. Practical articles on starting the conversation, asking the right questions, navigating tough topics, and recording the stories you'll wish you had asked — before you can't.
What Adult Children Regret Not Asking Their Parents
The most common grief adults carry after losing a parent is not what was said — it is what was never asked. Here is what people wish they had done while they still had the chance.
How to Help a Parent Record Their Legacy
Your parent has a lifetime of stories worth preserving. Here is how to help them do it — gently, practically, and in a way that actually gets done.
Meaningful Questions to Ask Aging Parents
The conversations you have with aging parents in the years you still have together are among the most important you will ever hold. Here are the questions worth asking — and how to begin.
How to Capture a Parent's Life Story Before It Is Too Late
Your parent's life story exists nowhere but in their memory. Here is how to draw it out, capture it, and preserve it before the opportunity is gone.
How to Get Your Dad to Open Up About His Life
Most dads don't volunteer their stories easily. Here are specific, tested techniques to help your father share his life — without making him uncomfortable.
How to Help Your Mom Share Her Story
Most mothers have never been asked to tell their full story. Here is how to help your mom share hers — what to ask, how to draw her out, and how to handle the parts that are harder to tell.
How Can I Keep My Parents' Stories Forever?
The stories your parents hold — their childhoods, what shaped them, who they were before you knew them — can be preserved. Here is how to capture and keep them.
How to Preserve Your Dad's Voice and Stories
Fathers are often the most under-recorded members of a family. Here is why that happens, and what you can do to preserve your dad's voice and stories before the window closes.
How to Record Your Elderly Parent's Life Story
A practical, step-by-step guide for adult children who want to record their aging parent's life story — how to bring it up, what to ask, how long each session should be, and what to do with the recordings after.
How to Start Legacy Conversations With a Parent
The conversation about your parent's life and legacy is one of the most important you will ever have — and one of the hardest to begin. Here is how to open the door.
Sandwich Generation: What to Record Right Now
Adults caring for aging parents while raising children are uniquely positioned to capture family stories — and uniquely time-poor. Here is what to record and how to make it doable.
What to Record Before a Parent Moves to Assisted Living
The transition to assisted living is a moment of enormous change. Before the move, while your parent is still in their home, there are stories and memories worth recording that will not be accessible the same way afterward.