How can we, as grandparents, ensure that we are building a lasting legacy that is worth passing on? Here are three suggestions.
Connecting hearts,
Uniting generations
At the National Association for Grandparenting, we seek to validate and empower grandparents as they bond with future generations in meaningful ways and leave a lasting positive legacy.
3 of the Many Benefits You Bring Your Grandkids
When old and young generations unite, both benefit. We’re able to play a key role and bring many great things to our grandkids’ lives.
Leaving a Legacy: We Can’t Just Go Through the Motions
Relating to our grandkids is fun and rewarding, but we should also have higher goals and deeper significance in mind, and it should show up in our day-to-day interactions with them.
Grandparents: We Need Each Other
One often-overlooked resource to help you be the best grandparent you can be is a sense of community. It’s a great benefit to know you’re not alone.
Grandparents: In It for the Long Run
There’s no “quick fix” when it comes to bonding with our grandkids. It takes time, and that’s okay because we grandparents are in it for the long run.
The Praying Grandmother (& Grandfather)
There’s nothing quite like the image of the praying grandmother. Numerous people talk about the deep and long-term impact of their grandma’s faithful prayers on their lives in general and especially on their faith.
Simple Time with Grandkids
Usually it doesn’t take anything complicated or extravagant to bond with our grandkids and experience joy along with it.
Grandfathers: Speak Words of Blessing
Grandpa Clinton made one statement about Trish that stayed with her for her whole life, even through her adulthood.
Keeping Your Grandkids Will Shake Up Your Schedule
We’re always grateful for opportunities to help our adult kids and spend focused time with a grandchild, but this experience revealed a challenge that I hadn’t fully appreciated before, at least to this degree.
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