Get your kids to ask their Grandparents what it was like when they were their age

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It works weather your 4, 24 or 44.

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You was doing so good.

you don't want to tread those waters

Better idea. Jot down all of these questions and then record an interview with your elderly loved ones.

I played that game with my grandfather one Christmas. His answer was, “North Africa”. Game Over.

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His answer was, “North Africa”. Game Over.

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I have an uncle who grew up on a farm in the Netherlands. He was almost 12 when WWII ended and had spent the previous five years under German occupation. They lived outside of Amsterdam and there were searchlights and a German anti-aircraft battery in one of their fields.

He did an interview/wrote a paper a few years ago for one of his grandsons. It was a school assignment to find out how a grandparent lived at the age you are now. He didn't dwell on the war, but it was still fascinating. Life on a Dutch farm was extremely rural. No public utilities, limited mechanization, etc. And then, of course, there were the fricking Germans.

My grandma is 96 and in a nursing home.

I see here 2-3 times/year.

Everyone else just says the usual bullshite, I always want to ask her about her life, experiences. I figure at that age, when are physical abilities are almost gone, our memories are all that is left. I hope that giving her a chance to relive those moments is as meaningful to her as it is to me to hear about them.

When I was 8-9, used to mow this old lady's yard. Even at that age I loved to sit with her and listen to her stories.

That’s really cool. But you might want to check your math on the Poland thing. That invasion took place in September 1939, so if grandpa was born in 1916 he would be 101.