Tribute to Grandparents
September 17, 2011 at 12.00 Leave a comment
A tribute to Grandparents!
Rangashree Srinivas
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humour, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.
Rudolph Giuliani
The average Indian grows up surrounded by relatives. Every family has an elderly head who is propitiated when an important family event takes place.
Grandparents not very long ago, were also important decision makers. The dynamics have shifted significantly with the onset of nuclear families and geographical distances separating the grandparents from their children and grandchildren.
What is the role of an elder in the family today? When we look at some urban families, we find that grandparental roles vary from being primary care givers to-seldom-seen- long-distance relatives. And everything in between!
Read the Full story in Parent Circle magazine September 2011 issue
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