You will be able to interview someone of your chosing about their family life. You can do this over a phone call, zoom, facetime, in-person, or whatever works for you. I highly recommend you pick someone who had a different family than your own so that you can have a greater learning experience. For example, if you are a single child and you have always wondered what it would have been like to have siblings, interview someone who does have them. Another example would be if you come from a divorced parents household and you have wondered how it would be like to have a two parent home, interview someone with such family. Perhaps you may be interested in someone who grew up with a different religion, different culture, etc. You must develop a set of questions that will allow you to explore a different family than your own. I recommend you consider the following when developing your question set;
1. How was your relationship with your parent(s)?
2. Did religion play an important role in your household?
3. How were household duties distributed in your household?
4. Did you have any siblings?
5. Did gender roles play an important role in your family environment?
6. Which kind of practices did your family engage in?
Think about questions that will allow you to begin the interview, transition to specific findings you are interested in, and conclude with questions that may be useful to better understand diverse households.
Think about aproximately 5-10 questions. Make up the questions and submit them for feedback, so that when you engage in the interview it can flow and make sense.
Let me know if you have questions about this.
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