Asking questions is a great way to learn and grow. You gain a perspective on areas of your life that you may have never realized. Here are seven questions to ask your parents in the next seven days. Look closely and learn as you read each answer.

1. How can I be a better son or daughter?
   
2. What do you see as my greatest strengths?
   
3. What do you think are the weaknesses that I must work on?
   
4. Which friends do you see as the best influences in my life?
   
5. What kind of career could you see me getting into after I graduate?
   
6. When do I make you most proud?
   
7. What is the most important thing you've learned in life?

Source: Every Teenager's Little Black Book of Hard to Find Information
by Blaine Bartel.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers