CAN GRANDPARENTS SAVE THE WORLD?
CAN GRANDPARENTS SAVE THE
WORLD?
INSTILLING THE RIGHT MINDSET FROM AN EARLY AGE
BY: RICHARD EYRE & LINDA EYRE, CO-AUTHORS, TEACH YOUR CHILDREN VALUES
Editor’ s note: This is the first article in a threepart series on grandparenting. The remaining articles will appear in the next two issues.
STATISTICS TELL us that if you are a baby boomer, you likely have another twenty to thirty good years ahead of you and that you probably have grandkids whom you consider to be the best part of this“ autumn of life.”( They don’ t call it grandparenting for nothing!) The question is, how much time and mental energy will you expend on these living legacies? How high will you prioritize them and how proactive and deliberate will you be as a grandparent? And where do you go to learn the art of effective but unobtrusive grandparenting?
We basically believe that grandpas and grandmas can save the world— and have a lot of fun doing it.
When someone asks,“ Who is going to teach this generation of children the values, the character, the family narrative, even the street smarts that they will need?”, most would answer,“ The parents.” But in today’ s world,
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