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Grandchildren
Grandchildren
Here at grandchildren.com we celebrate the idea of grandchildren. The joys that they bring, the way they make us want to live healthier longer, and all the marvelous little things we celebrate about them. Here are a few things which can invite you to keep coming back to our site:
* We have a few quotes celebrating the wonders of having and being grandchildren.
* We have a collection of grandchildren poems for you to enrich and enjoy your experience.
* We have a story on grandparents raising grandchildren.
* And, lastly, ideas for gifts to give your grandchildren.
Grandparents play an influential part in a grandchild’s life. While grandparents provide a watchful eye to the grandchildren, they are not necessarily “the enemy” to the grandchildren, it is usually the mother. Most grandchildren look up to their grandparents as they greatly influence the grandchild’s view of life. This is most especially enhanced through personal interactions of the grandparent and the grandchild. This contact makes the grandchild more adapt to facing the reality of growing old and influences the grandchild to becoming more caring and understanding individuals. These contacts enhances the family bond and family connections.
Having grandchildren can be very rewarding to the grandparents. People even humor others and suggest that more parents look forward to being a grandparent than being a parent.
A Welsh proverb says:
“Perfect love sometimes does not come until grandchildren are born”
Maybe they are right. Because having grandchildren is a testament that your sons or daughters can finally understand what you have been through. And with understanding comes compassion and respect. Here are a few other grandchildren quotes which will make you appreciate the beauty of having grandchildren:
“Grandchildren are God’s way of compensating us for growing old.”
Mary H. Waldrip
“Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy – the mother”
-Sam Levenson
“It’s funny that those things your kids did that got on your nerves seem so cute when your grandchildren do them”
-Anonymous
“Grandkids are the crown of the aged.”
-Proverbs 17:16
“Never have children, only grandchildren.”
-Gore Vidal
“Our grandchildren accept us for ourselves, without rebuke or effort to change us, as no one in our entire lives has ever done, not our parents, siblings, spouses, friends – and hardly ever our own grown children.”
-Ruth Goode
“Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.”
-Lois Wyse
“A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.”
-Lois Wyse
“We owe it to each other – and to our children and grandchildren – to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.”
-Christopher Dodd
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