We have friends living in “retirement communities “. The very idea seems horrible to us. The very young and the very old can share much with each other. As we become more and more isolated today, we lose so much. My wife was born in Thailand and I’ve lived there and in Hispanic communities here where the involvement of grandparents in the raising of children is ingrained and honorable. I’m injoying being grandpa and my wife is totally committed and delighted to be “Yai”.
Well said; I couldn’t imagine not having my children’s grandparents in their lives.
A couple of years before my grandmother died, she told me how much she liked that my kids weren’t afraid of “old people”. I love that my kids knew my maternal grandparents and can still talk about time spent with them. My grandpa always lit up when around toddlers. It was a blessing for all of us.
“We have friends living in “retirement communities “. The very idea seems horrible to us. “
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I’m with you.
I’m an 82 year old in a condo building with all ages.
It’s perfect.
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My Mom wants nothing to do with her grandkids. She moved to Seattle to keep away from them.
I knew my grandpa very well growing up, my children will not have that. The Boomer stereotype has some basis in reality.