A free guide from Me & My Old Man
Have the conversation you keep meaning to have.
10 prompts that open up your parent.
The word-for-word script to start the first one.
And what to say when they go "my life isn't that interesting."
You could be having this conversation by Sunday.
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Most of us have the same handful of stories about our parents. The ones that get retold at Christmas. Bits and pieces. Little snippets, but not the depth.
The bigger stories are still in there. When your dad first felt free. Your mum's sliding-doors moment. The Saturday when he was ten. They don't come up on their own, and there's rarely a natural moment to ask.
This guide gives you the questions and the way in, so the moment doesn't have to be perfect for you to start.
What you get
- The 10 questions that unlock the stories you've never heard, with 3 follow-up prompts for each
- The opening script, word for word, so you're not fumbling the first sentence
- How to handle "why now, is something wrong?" and the other three things they'll say
- The one listening skill that matters (it's shorter than you think)
- Where to have these conversations, and where not to
- How to record them properly so you actually keep them
I'm Neil. I started Me & My Old Man after my dad passed away and I realised his voice was already fading in my head, and there was so much I'd never asked.
Since then I've sat in on 400+ hours of these conversations, across 38 families in 7 countries. This is what I've learned about getting them started.
Start the conversation this week.
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