Does your children have a relationship with there grandparents and great grandparents?
I am a home health aide most of the time I care for geriatrics clients. It so important that grandchildren spend time with their grandparents and even there great grand parents. They can learn so much from each other and also provide love to the grandparents. This society that we live in is so hard that we don't have the time to spend with our love ones. In my profession it is sad to see the grandparents not having a relationship with their grandchildren.
My son had opportunity to know my parents before they died. He spend time with my mother in law. My hubby father died when he was young. Every time I asked my grandmother can I come over she has some type of excuse. Anyway does your child have a relationship with there grandparents and great grandparents.
Mark your calender Grandparents Day is September 9, 2012 . Do something special with the grandparents.
My son has a great relationship with both of his grandparents and great grandparents. He calls his great grandparents nana and poppy.
My kids spend every Sunday with grandparents. They are 20 and 18 and have done this since before they were born. We spend the afternoon with one set and and evening with the other. The kids call Sunday family day and rarely miss out on spending that time with the grandparents. It has been a wonderful experience for them. Over the years, the kids have brought various friends who did not have grandparents of their own, and the friends have adopted our grandparents as their own. Even to this day when the folks are out to eat or shopping and see some of these friends, the kids will greet the folks and say Hi Grandma, Hi Grandpa....
Yes and no. I had fantastic grandparents!
My parents live far away and are very caught up with their life.
My inlaws are narcissistic snobs, so no rela there.
I def think not all people are born to be wonderful , loving grandparents.
I was fortunate that mine were.
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They also have 2 great grandmothers (my grandmother and his grandmother) and they are also close to them.
When my daughter was born 7 years ago, my husband's 95 year old great grandmother was still alive so they had 5 generations!
Yes. We spent the day with my grandma on Saturday and they are spending the week with my mom right now. :)
The great-grandparents have all passed away. My mom and stepdad live an hour away, and we see them every other month or so. They never watch my kids when I'm not around - they would expect to be paid, so it's not worth it. They regularly start arguements with me, and we won't talk for a while, because I just don't need them in my life.
My dad and step mom have only seen my kids (ten and eight) a couple of times in their lives, when we drove seven hours to see them. They're not willing to come see us, so the';re not worth the trouble. They've only seen my 12 year old nephew a few times, too, and that was years ago, so the kids don't even remember them.
My FIL passed away a few years ago, and my MIL lives pretty far away. I get along great with her, and we talk every Friday night, sometimes for hours. My kids have seen her a few times, and we are planning another trip later this year. She enver forgets any birthdays, holidays, or anniversaries, and is a very generous, nice person. If she lived closer, we would spend lots of time with her. I get along with her far better than with my own parents.
My aunt and uncle live an hour away, and come to our house for holidays, school events, performances and birthday parties. They are the easiest to get along with, and most reliable set of "grandparents" my kids have. They have a son, who has never married or had kids, so my kids and my nephew are the only grandkids they'll ever have.
Yes my kids are pretty close to all of their grandparents/greatgrandparents except my dads mom. But he isnt close to her either and was not raised by her so we rarely see her. But we live with my mom and dad so of course my kids are close to them lol. My ex's parents take my kids for a weekend about once every couple of months and when they have them, they also take them to see their great grandma and great great grandma. My grandma and grandpa are my babysitters any time I have appointments or anything during the day and we go to their house at least once a week just to hang out also so my kids are very close to them as well. And my dads dad and stepmom live pretty far away but we meet them places to go camping sometimes so that neither us nor them have to drive so far.
Age appropriate chores
- janitablue
on Jun. 9, 2012 at 2:46 PM