20 Questions That People Should Ask Their Parents While They're Still Alive

They won't get to live forever no matter how much we want them to.

Liezel

• Published in Interesting
• March 26, 2022

When we were kids, it always seemed to us like our parents would live forever. They looked so young, so ready to protect us, and they were always just there. For a lot of us who grew up with our parents, it seemed like our time with them will never end.

In our younger days, our parents were also always included in our dreams more than boyfriends or wives or anyone else. We just couldn't imagine life without them.

As we started growing up though, we also started understanding more of the reality of life. We started to realize that our parents won't be with us forever.

We started seeing the wrinkles around their eyes, how they were starting to slow down, and also the whites in their hair. Little by little, we were reminded that our parents are also human and that they grow old and will perish from this world someday.

With this reminder, a lot of us would do everything we can to cherish each moment we have with them, to be a little more patient, and to try to make each moment more memorable. More than that, however, Reddit user AnXiangShen reminded us to ask the questions that matter to our parents before they pass.

More specifically, the user asked Redditors to answer the question, "What questions should one ask their parents while they still have the chance?" and plenty of Redditors delivered answers that can melt hearts.

Here are the best ones.

One of the greatest ways to honor them is to keep family traditions and memories alive

It will also make you cherish them and understand them more as a person

Family records and memories like these aren't so easy to find so ask while you can

You'll never know when you'll need important information like this

Both kinds of questions are just as important

Dealing with all the papers while handling the emotions from their passing is one of the most difficult things to do

You don't want to someday have the regret of not asking and getting to know more of their life

It's not being morbid or asking for the worst but just being practical

Those memories were precious to them and would help you remember them more

This can actually give people a lot of peace of mind and prevent them from feeling guilt that they shouldn't be feeling

A lot of things about our health depends on our genetics so ask while you can

You won't be able to find those things anywhere else

You can get to see life as how they saw it

It's not an easy discussion but it's one better had

It's incredibly helpful information for the future

Get to know who they really are

There's never enough time with them and the best we could do is try to know them and understand them

Our births were pretty special moments after all

Make sure their grandkids also get a part of them

Bucket lists are pretty important stuff too

Our parents may get to grow old but we'll only realize how there is just never enough time when we don't have them already. That's why it's important we ask the questions that we want to ask while they're still here no matter how difficult the conversation is.

That way, we can be prepared and we can get to keep more memories of them. What is one question you'd like to ask your parents?

Liezel