Favorites… children

Prompt: Parents (typically) deny having a favorite child. Do you think this is true? If you had siblings growing up, who do you think was your parents’ “favorite”? If you have children, do you tend to favor one over another? Why or why not? Do you think they would agree?

Starter: Nothing good ever happens after midnight.

Quote: “All mothers have their favorite child. It is always the same one: the one who needs you at the moment.” -Erma Bombeck

 

Parents…

Prompt: In what ways are you most like your mother? Your father? What are the pros and cons of having these traits?

Starter: My eyelids were heavy…

Quote: “No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.” -Brad Meltzer

 

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

Prompt(s): Look out your window- what is the first thing you see? Write about what makes it beautiful.

Write about the most beautiful person you know.

Starter: The sun began to peek out from behind the clouds.

Quote(s): “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” -Anne Frank

“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.” -Mark Zusak, I Am the Messanger