Came across this whilst researching 'lifestyle', it sort of fits in with what I have suggested are the reasons for me 'branching out', as it were, at the age of 70. I am (at long last) enjoying my first grandchild and wish to do so for as long as possible, the recognition of my sedentary lifestyle for the past few years was an eyeopener and a bit of a kick up the backside. If I carried on the way I was going it was unlikely that I would be around long enough to see him reach school age. So...on with the diet and the exercise and the pounds are dropping off. (helps with the blood pressure as well) Read on
"Spending time with your grandkids is the best time at this stage of your life. Being a grandparent gives you a way to give some time back to your own children and keeps you young at heart.
Modern families have too little time to spend together. Parents often leave for work too early and can't see their children off to school at the bus stop. On the flip side, many of those same parents can't be there when the children come home. When children are sick at home, parents can't always take off time from their jobs to be stay with their kids. You can help out and take over these duties if you live close by or even in the home with your grandkids.
You can walk the children to their bus stop and see them off to school and then be the one they see when they come home. You can help start dinner for the family, too. However you'd like to pitch in and is agreed upon with your own children will be appreciated.
Whether a grandchild is home sick, or has a school snow day, you can also be there with them. You can be of real help as a grandparent. Taking the pressure off the parents makes for a more loving home life for your grandkids.
Some grandparents live in the home with their grandkids; others still maintain their own homes. You can decide if the grandkids stay in their home or yours while you are watching them. The parents won't mind since you are doing them the favor.
Being a grandparent, you are in a position to help influence how your grandchild sees the world. You can form a close bond that gives your grandchild another person they can trust and confide in. In later years, if the lines of communication break down, you can help lend a hand in bridging the chasm and get the family back together and taking again.
Many families have traditions and being the grandparent leaves it to you to pass on the ways your family has always done things. The way you celebrate holidays and rites of passage while growing up are all opportunities you can share with your own child's new family. You can also blend your traditions with the other side of the family, too.
Whatever you do, spending time with your grandkids is a terrific way to be there for them and will bring happy memories when they think of you".
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