Grandparenting Role Quotes

I had the privilege of having two sets of loving grandparents.

I am extremely close to my grandma. Growing up, she would always do my hair; she was always the one who would make me chocolate milk or rice when I came home.

I have four grandchildren now and I love being a granny.

Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.

I've been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity. All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you're not expecting it.

My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.

Being a grandmother is one of the least strange things in my life. It makes more sense than a lot of things... like photo shoots!

Let's face it: grandparents are very important to family systems. You're babysitters, but you also instill values in children that sometimes skip a generation.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.