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What's so grand about being a grandparent? s grandparents we all want to make the most of responsibilities of parents. This can make it easier to the precious family time we get to spend with develop a close bond with grandchildren. From near or Aour grandchildren. You can create deep, loving far, grandparenting can provide continuity in a child's relationships with your grandchildren by sharing the life. Grandparents are often the family historians, and things you love and by learning about what excites can add a rich sense of family tradition to a child's them. Whether you’re a full-time grandparent, a step- life. Additionally, contact with grandparents can teach grandparent, or a long distance grandparent living children positive attitudes towards aging and help thousands of miles away, you can fnd new ways to them develop skills to enhance their own lifelong strengthen family ties and provide your grandchildren learning. ■ with joyful memories and valuable life lessons. What's so grand about being a grandparent? In no particular order, grandparenting is an opportunity to play, to love someone new, to appreciate the magic of a developing mind, and to be needed by someone again. Grandparents can: • Share the things they're passionate about with a new audience. • See the world in a new way through younger eyes. • Experience games, music, nature, reading, and other interests in conjunction with a curious young mind. • Provide expanded support and encouragement to their grandchildren. • Use their breadth of experience to avoid the pitfalls they may have encountered as parents the frst time around. • Watch children develop through all stages of growth. • Learn about their grandkids' music and passions. • Provide input that parents cannot. Usually, grandparents have the beneft of interacting on a level that is once removed from the day-to-day page 4 | www.celebrationmagazine.com