This is SO true for SO many familiess. Intergenerational social swing is a real thing.
If you’ve got way cool grandparents that are the exception and not that rule, it’s critical that you spend time with them - as adults.
I got decades with my grandparents - both children of the Great Depression - and I learned SO much from them. (Who’d have thought that budgeting and housekeeping and living with little money to spend would be a critical skill in 2025?)
Truth is, they raised 9 kids and none were bigots or judgemental at all (I had awesome aunts and uncles) and I think that all my cousins that spent time with them picked up on their kindness and generosity and knowledge…
This is SO true for SO many familiess. Intergenerational social swing is a real thing.
If you’ve got way cool grandparents that are the exception and not that rule, it’s critical that you spend time with them - as adults.
I got decades with my grandparents - both children of the Great Depression - and I learned SO much from them. (Who’d have thought that budgeting and housekeeping and living with little money to spend would be a critical skill in 2025?)
Truth is, they raised 9 kids and none were bigots or judgemental at all (I had awesome aunts and uncles) and I think that all my cousins that spent time with them picked up on their kindness and generosity and knowledge…