CLOSER TIES WITH PARENTS

As adults, so many of us don't ask enough about our parents.  Yet there is no better way to become closer to a person, even if you've known him or her all of your life.  AgingCare.com has gathered the questions that our elder care experts and editors would most like to ask their own parents.  Try them out for yourself.  You might gain a new perspective on your parents - and learn something about yourself.

1. In what ways do you think I'm like you?  Or not like you?

2. Who is the person who influenced your life most?

3. Do you have a lost love?

4.  Which new thechnology have you found most helpful in your life....and which is the most annoying?

5.  Is there anything you have always wanted to tell me but never have?

6.  Is there anything you regret not having asked your parents?

7. Do you wish anything had been different between us, or would you still like to change anything?

8. What was the happiest moment of your life?

9. What are you most proud of?

10.  How did your experience in the military mold you as a person?

11.  What are the most important lessons you've learned in life?

12. What is your earliest memory?

13. Did you receive an allowance?  How much? Did you save your money or spend it?

14.  Who were your friends when you were growing up?

15.  What was your favorite thing to do for fun (movies, beach, etc)?

16.  What was school like for you as a child?  What were your best and worst subjects?

17.  What school activities and sports did you participate in?

18.  Do you remember any fads from your youth?  Hairstyles? Clothes? Jargon?

19.  What world events had the most impact on you?

20.  How would you like to be remembered?