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Grandparents + Children = Love
 
Whatever the activity, the characteristics that grandparents bring
to these loving relationships include:
  • caring and "being there" over time
  • consistency in the message and the manner
  • looking for and finding the good in each child
  • making and taking time
  • nonjudgmental listening
  • keeping the stories alive
  • seeing life through the eyes of a child
  • loving as only a grandparent can love a grandchild.

What children say about grandparents

  • A grandmother always thinks you are going to get hurt.
  • A grandfather is a very old man; long, long ago he was something like me.
  • A grandmother is seriously concerned over germs, but will come to your

              soccer game and cheer when she doesn’t know what is going on.

  • Grandparents have time to listen; invite you over to sleep; and tell

              stories about your family.

  • A grandpa comes to school to read and be a friend to my friends. 

 

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