Interview Of

Parents
General Research
Questions:
1)Can u give a short description of
your family when you were a
teenager?
Ans: As teenagers most of the people
lived in nuclear families . Several
people would live in the same house
and share the same stuff.Family was
very important at that time.All people
in the family were close to each other
and the family was built up on
love,trust and support.

2) How many people were there

in your parent’s family?
Ans:Most of the parents of our
grand parents lived in joint
families . They had many siblings
and cousins. Everyone lived in
the same house.Approximately
there were an average of 10-15
people living together.

3) With how many people did

you live in the same house?
Ans:Our parents lived with their
parents who moved out after
marriage.There were 5 people
living in our parents house .

4) Where did you live with your

parents?
Mrs. Sanghvi lived in Mumbai
Mrs Jariwala lived in Mumbai
Mrs Shah lived in Gujurat.
5) Do you remember a historical
fact or an event related to India ,
Europe or world-wide from when
you were young?
Ans:Many of our parents
remember many events that took
place during their teenage. At
that time India was just
developing .Many wars ,terrorist
attacks , riots between hindu and
muslims would happen
frequently .

Sub Questions
for The Topic
“Family Life”
1.How important is/was your
family to you?
Ans:Family was verty important
mainly for the reason that they
all lived together which resulted
in them having a strong
relationship.
2. Could you describe your
family values?
a) Which values are/were most
important to you?
Ans:The family values which
were common in all all the
interviews was unity , trust ,
love and support .
b) Were there some values with
which you do/did not
(completely) agree?
Ans:They all agreed to their
family values which are standing
with them right now.

3.What role did religion play in

your family religious?If so, in
what way?
Ans: Yes religion played an
important role at that
time.Everyday in the morning
they would pray and visit
temples .They would have idols
of god in their house .During
vacations they would visit

religious places.

4.Was there a form of hierarchy

in your family?
Ans:NO
A]Were some individual family
members deemed more important
than others?
Ans:Yes , the father of the
family was considered the
head and had to respected
all the time .However this
was not the case in all the
houses .In other houses,
everyone was treated

equally.
B] Were there specific roles for
specific members of the family?
Ans:Yes,the father had to work
for the family and the mother
had to stay at home at take care
of the children and do
housework all day with no
freedom to follow her dreams.
5.What happened with
grandparents when they couldn’t
take care of themselves
anymore?Did they go to a
retirement home or did they
(continueto) live with the rest of

the family?
Ans: In case of all families ,
when the grandparents couldn’t
take care of themselves,their
children helped them and took
care of them . they fed them
gave them sheleter and spent
time with them until their last
breath .
6.Were your parents more
permissive or authoritative?Were
you allowed to ‘talk back’ or go
into discussion with them?
Ans:yes, the parents were very
strict and any kind of mischief
was not tolerated by
them.talking back to them was
not allowed ans was often
punishable . their childhood was
rough and thus they were very
disciplined in their future .
7.Could you openly discuss
anything in your family,or were
there some topics that couldn’t
be discussed?
Ans:No, There were certain
topics that couldn’t be

discussed freely with the family .

8.Did your parents influence the
decisions you made (such as
coice of study)?
Ans:Well , it depends from family
to family . In some families , the
parents forced their children to
choose a certain line or
profession against their will
whereas in other families ,the
children were allowed to
chooses their proffesion freely .

Similarities between
the answers of grand
parents .
>They all had strong relationship
with the people living in their family
.
>All of their parents were strict.
>They all were religious
>There was no form of hierarchy in
their family .

Differences between
the answer of grand
parents
>They all lived in different
locations.
>Their families had a different
mindset. Some families allowed
freedom to choose profession
whereas other family forced to
choose profession .
>Few people were living in families
where everyone was treated equally
but in some families the father had
the most important rank .