Your parents can talk to your children’s grandchildren and descendants further down the line Friday if you participate in the first National Day of Listening.

“The day is about stopping to look at and honor someone by saying, ‘Tell me about your life. What is the most important lesson you’ve learned? How do you want to be remembered?’ ” said Dave Isay, a familiar voice from National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” and creator of StoryCorps, a nonprofit that has facilitated more than 24,000 interviews between ordinary people.

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