Being a grandad

The good thing about grandchildren is that you can give them back when they become a bit too much to cope with.

Write your comments here...   Oh yes cyberyacht I'm with you there..we have 6 of those little people well 3 not so little now but lovely to see them even better to see them all go home....but they will insist on coming back

The good thing about grandchildren is that you can give them back when they become a bit too much to cope with.

My wife and I have decided that this old saying needs to be modernised. We find that when the children become "a bit too much to cope with" that is when the parents pass them to the Grandparents!!

I've found Grandchildren keep you young, they include you in their activities & want you to be part of their day. If it's too much for the Grandparent then I can see it being a struggle. Whilst being capable of enjoyiing the interaction theirs nothing better. It's a good thing not to deny your inner Child, when you do then you are officially old

Sadly I had to attend a funeral yesterday. Also attending were the majority of my cousins, we are still quite a close family, well as close as us now living all over the country allows. We were reminiscing about our youth, we are all in our 60s now, and found that the fondest memories were the visits to see our grandparents. If only they could have heard the lovely things that were being said about them. They never had any money themselves but they always gave us the gifts of their time, patients, and most of all their love. They taught us all good values in life and 40 years on they are still very special to all of their grandchildren. If, by giving my time and my love to my own 6 grandchildren they think of me in the same way I will be very happy.

Sadly I had to attend a funeral yesterday. Also attending were the majority of my cousins, we are still quite a close family, well as close as us now living all over the country allows. We were reminiscing about our youth, we are all in our 60s now, and found that the fondest memories were the visits to see our grandparents. If only they could have heard the lovely things that were being said about them. They never had any money themselves but they always gave us the gifts of their time, patients, and most of all their love. They taught us all good values in life and 40 years on they are still very special to all of their grandchildren. If, by giving my time and my love to my own 6 grandchildren they think of me in the same way I will be very happy.

No, they weren't Drs, I meant patience.

Many,many thanks to all those that contributed to this thread.Your posts have been some of the most heartwarming posts i,ve read on the forum and a real insight.

All the best,

v9

We too have grand and great grand children.  The fun of having children around is that you can officially "play out".  Back to basics again, and showing them different things to do outside instead of kicking the proverbial ball about.  Surprisingly, they've never understood hop-scotch, getting the washing line and using it as a skipping rope and getting all the kids in the neighbourhood to join in, playing cricket on the beach when you take them away.  Love them to bits

 .... getting the washing line and using it as a skipping rope and  ...

We have a whirly gig 

Isn't it continuous then?  Unwind it all, then play, and then get the kids to put it back together again.  Will keep them occupied for hours

Our daughter & son in law made us grandparents for the first time in September, our grandson is a fantastic little chap, always look forward to them visiting. But next year we will be child minding when daughter goes back to work. I hope he likes caravanning as we hope to take him away with us.