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    19 days ago

    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…