Comments on: Why you should tell your children family stories

By: Shannan Younger

Shannan Younger — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:36:00 +0000

In reply to Jennifer Kaufman. Thanks so much! Learning of this research has certainly made me more intentional about sharing family stories, too. Hope you and your fellow detectives uncover some great stories!

By: Shannan Younger

Shannan Younger — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:34:52 +0000

In reply to Martha. Thrilled to hear that you're doing better now, and you make a great point that there's a bit of a domino effect need to get the story telling going. Hope your parents have great info for you and your kiddos!

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:25:37 +0000

Great thought-provoking post! I’ve done a lot of investing in my children knowing MY heart (I have stage 4 melanoma and for a few years it looked like I wouldn’t see them grow up, I’m doing a lot better now!) But, this reminds me to pass on family stories! Some of which I need to ask my own parents about!

By: Jennifer Kaufman

Jennifer Kaufman — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:03:05 +0000

I love this! We do try to talk about things as questions come up, but I’d love to be more intentional about being “family detectives”!

By: Shannan Younger

Shannan Younger — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:45:38 +0000

In reply to Jen. Thank you so much for reading and commenting, Jen!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:29:37 +0000

Love this, our stories are who we and our family are. There is so much to learn and enjoy and reflect on. Great post.

By: Shannan Younger

Shannan Younger — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:48:43 +0000

In reply to Laura. So true, Laura! I love the idea of our relatives' perseverance and determination living on through our stories and teaching/inspiring us, our children and generations to come. Thank you so much for reading and commenting!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:24:20 +0000

I love this we always need to share family stories with our children sometimes that is the only way they know their ancestors!

By: Shannan Younger

Shannan Younger — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 04:51:21 +0000

In reply to Erin. Thank you so much! I really love that you're a story teller. I would be curious to see if there's research on the benefits to the person telling the story, in addition to the documents benefits for the kids hearing it.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 03:41:41 +0000

This is an awesome post, Shannan! I try to often share stories when we are doing certain activities. They help to conjure memories for me. Tonight was a tale of mini golfing 🙂