• Tell me about your upbringing? As parents, what did your dad and mom do well? What do you wish they had done differently?
  • What parenting techniques did your parents use that were helpful for you?
  • Tell me about your children. What one word would you use to describe each of your children? How does the uniqueness of each of your children affect your parenting?
  • Describe your relationship with each child and how he/she reacts to your discipline/instruction?
  • What type of people do you want your children to become? How are you fostering these traits in them?
  • How did you prepare your children for deployment?
  • How are the children able to communicate with their deployed parent?