You know the genre of superhero movie in which the protagonist starts out as a normal person and then only gradually discovers that she is descended from a long line of superhero badasses with special powers? I feel like every parent, at some point in parenthood, is the main character in exactly this kind of movie. Find out what the low points were for mom and/or dad. And find out how they stuck it out to raise you so damn well. It will give you ideas if you’re a parent yourself or at the very least it will give you a new appreciation of your own folks. Good parents truly are heroes.

Source: The phenomenal question bank from the Story Corps website

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