Coming of age

№ 01

“When did you first feel like a grown-up — really, not for show?”

№ 02

“What were you like as a teenager — honestly?”

№ 03

“What was the first thing you did, as a teenager, that your parents would have disapproved of if they'd known?”

№ 04

“Tell me about your first real friendship — the one outside the family.”

№ 05

“Who did you have your first big crush on?”

№ 06

“When did you first fall in love, or think you had?”

№ 07

“Was there a moment in your teens when your parents got something badly wrong?”

№ 08

“What did you want to be when you grew up — at thirteen, at sixteen, at twenty?”

№ 09

“Was there a subject at school where you came alive?”

№ 10

“Was there a subject at school you dreaded?”

№ 11

“What did you do on a Saturday night at seventeen?”

№ 12

“What was the first big argument you remember having with a parent or guardian?”

№ 13

“Was there a friend in your teens who you ended up losing — through drift, fight, distance, or death?”

№ 14

“When did you first realise that the adults around you didn't have all the answers?”

№ 15

“What music defined your teens?”

№ 16

“What did you spend your first earnings on?”

№ 17

“When did you first leave home — for a night, a week, properly?”

№ 18

“Was there a moment in your teens when you stood up to a group of friends?”

№ 19

“Did you have a mentor in your late teens or early twenties — not necessarily called that?”

№ 20

“What did you most want to escape, as a teenager?”

№ 21

“Was there a book, film, or piece of music that changed how you saw the world during this time?”

№ 22

“When did your sense of fashion or style first feel like yours, not someone else's?”

№ 23

“Was there a teacher who lit a path you ended up walking down?”

№ 24

“Tell me about the first time you really got drunk, or made another big mistake.”

№ 25

“Was there a moment in your teens when you felt seen, properly, by someone outside the family?”

№ 26

“What did you believe at eighteen that you no longer believe?”

№ 27

“Was there a place — not your home — where you felt most yourself in your teens?”

№ 28

“Did you go to university, college, or training — or skip it?”

№ 29

“What's the biggest piece of advice you wish someone had given you at twenty?”

№ 30

“When did you stop thinking of your parents as parents and start seeing them as flawed adults?”