Category: Growing Up

“The only way that I could see out of that situation was to take my life.”

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Rob Littlefield remembers being bullied in junior high school for being gay.

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Recorded in Oklahoma City, OK.

“She didn't have very much warmth about her...”

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Don Michaels tells his daughter Jennifer about his fifth grade teacher.

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Recorded in Bellefonte, PA.

“The train stopped and I thought we were somewhere like Colorado...”

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Bud Norton tells his nephew Tim Locher about his childhood adventures growing up in Kansas.

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Recorded in Kansas City, MO.

“It was a really wonderful, amazing world that came crashing down.”

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Stefan Lynch Strassfeld talks to his friend Beth Teper about growing up with gay parents in the 1980s.

To see a photo of Stefan's aunties, click here.

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Recorded in San Francisco, CA.

“So, I get to ask you the questions today...”

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Seán Lennon interviews his mom, Yoko Ono.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“She reaches around the wall with this little yellow bunny rabbit puppet...”

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Showaye Selassie (L) tells her friend Susan Greenfield (R) about an early memory of her mother.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“When I was younger I didn't like you much.”

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Bryan Echols (R) and his father, Lindberg (L), talk about how their relationship has changed over time.

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Recorded in Chicago, IL.

“I found myself in the principal's office a lot.”

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Judge Berryl Anderson (L) and her mother, Virginia (R), remember what Berryl was like as a child.

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Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

“When I look back, I do realize that I was a little bit too tough.”

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Theresa Nguyen (L) talks to her daughter, Stephanie (R), about balancing their Vietnamese heritage with raising a family in the United States.

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Recorded in Morrow, GA.

“They'd come in limping and they would literally leave walking.”

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Carlos Mosqueda tells his daughter, Cindy, about how his father healed people in their East LA home.

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Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

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