3. Reflection ( Must Be Typed-400 Words ) Be Sure to Incorporate Examples from Your Interview

Parent Interview: 1. Set up a time where you can sit down with your parents for 30 minutes of uninterrupted time. This is not 10 minutes while you are driving plus 10 minutes while they are cooking, etc. Sit down for at least 30 minutes. You may also interview your grandparents or another guardian. You may interview more than one person, but it is not required. 2. Choose the questions that you want to ask your parents. Depending on the nature of your relationship, you may choose to ask more in depth or personal questions, or more “what happened” questions. You can deviate from these questions, these are just some ideas. Ask questions that you don’t already know the answer to, but know your parents would be comfortable in answering. 3. Reflection (must be typed-400 words) Be sure to incorporate examples from your interview 4. Parent reflection and signature (may be handwritten directly on pg 2)

General Info: Who are you interviewing? What time frame were they in high school? Other relevant/background information: their family structure (Parents? Siblings? Etc.)  What kind of rules did your parents have for you when you were my age? Ex: Curfews, Dating, Pee rs, Chores?  Did you feel like the rules you had were fair? Why or Why not?  Did you feel that the rules were enforced fairly and the consequences were reasonable?  Any funny (or not) stories you are willing to share about breaking the rules?  Were you always honest with your parents? (Be careful about asking this one)   What was your relationship like with your parents?  How do you think the rules your parents had have affected your parenting style with me (us)?  How much of a say were you given in family decisions?  What were the things you remember as stressing you out?  How did you do in school? How hard was school for you? What was your favorite/least favorite subject? Why?  What did you do in your free time?  What was your first job? What type of chores did you have?  Who was your first girlfriend/boyfriend? How did you meet? Why did you break up? Did your parents like him/her?  Did your parents talk to you about dating? Sex?  What was the social hierarchy at your school? Cliques? Who was popular? Were you one of them?  What were some of the fashions? Cars? Music? Slang? Hangouts?  Where alcohol and drugs prevalent at your school? Cigarettes? Did your parents talk to you about drugs, alcohol, smoking?  What were people’s attitudes towards different races, sexual orientation, etc.? How do you think society has changed in regards to these issues?  What were the major areas of concern? Ex: AIDS, smoking section at school, race relations…  How has technology changed from when you were in high school? How do you think this affects teenagers today?  How did the media influence you?  How is life different for today’s teenagers?  Do you have any regrets or things you would have done differently?

4. Reflection: How do you feel about your relationship with your parent(s)? What did you learn about your parents through this interview? Are there changes that your parents have made in their parenting style or things they emphasize with you that is different from how they were raised? Dear Parents Thank you for taking the time to sit down with your son or daughter to complete this interview. We are studying adolescence and the impact that families, peers and other social factors have on the teen years and decisions. If you could take a couple minutes and answer the following questions, it would be greatly appreciated.

Was your son/daughter prepared?

Did they ask you ahead of time when a good time would be? They had a week to complete the assignment.

Did they have questions selected to ask you? Note: they had a list of questions to choose from and quite a bit of flexibility in what they chose to ask.

What do you think is the biggest difference between your generation and today’s generation?

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