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Raising a Family
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- Did you start raising a family when you had planned to? Did it come later or sooner in life than you expected?
- Did you raise your children alone or with someone? Was there a marriage, divorce, or death that ever changed this?
- Where did you live during this time? Do you think it was a good area to raise a family? Why or why not?
- Did your family move around very much or did you reside in the same area for a long time? Was this by choice?
- How did you provide for your family? Was it hard to make ends meet or were you well off?
- Were there any special measures you took in raising your family? Did you have ways of ensuring their safety or well being?
- How did you determine what rules your family should abide by? Were they effective? Did they change as time went on? How? Did they stem from the way you were raised?
- Did you and other family members agree on how children should be raised? If not, how did it work out?
- What day-to-day activities did you do with your children? Were you with them constantly or did you work during this time?
- Did your child or children go to nursery school or preschool? What influenced your decision to enroll them? Were you happy with your decision? Was it hard on you to see your child first go to school?
- What values did you try to instill in your children? Did you succeed?
- Did you take your family on any special trips? Where did you go? Did you enjoy spending this time together?
- Was your family close or distant? Did your children confide in you or did they keep secrets?
- What difficult issues did you encounter while raising a family? Performance in school, dating and sex, going to college, alcohol and drugs, or getting married? Did you ever have arguments about these things?
- Did any of your children go away to college or the service? What emotions did you go through during this time?
- Under what circumstances did your child or children leave home? Were you happy or sad to see them go? Did your relationship get better or worse after this?
- After your children had grown, what did you think was the best part about raising a family?
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