Caring for Parents & Grandparents

Irene Eagle Thunder-Skunk

Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. Irene didn’t go to boarding school. How is that different rom the experiences of many others around her age?
  2. Irene took care of her parents and grandparents in her home until the end of their lives. How does that differ from lives of the elderly now?
  3. Irene’s grandmother split wood well into her 90’s and also like to sleep outside in a tent. How is that different from life today?
  4. In what ways does growing up together as siblings, parents, grandparents and great-grandparents help people?

Learn FROM
(deep listening, information)

  1. What is your experience of family?
  2. Does your family include people outside of your parents and siblings living with you? What do you consider your “immediate family?”
  3. What is your relationship like with you parents?
  4. What is your relationship like with your grandparents?
  5. Did you know your great-grandparents? Is so, what do you remember about them?
  6. Have you ever taken people in to live with you who weren’t your blood relatives? If so, what was that experience like?