~Getting your cheeks pinched hurts.
~Grandparents spoil grandchildren.
~Grandparents are unfair competition for parents. Like Barney, they don’t have to lay down the law and do the unpleasant things parents have to do.
~Grandparents are prone to meddling. They can be intrusive and controlling.
~When their values and lifestyles don’t match the kids, this is a real source of conflict.
~They often aren’t very cool.
~They may reflect defective values of the old days, such as racism or sexism.
~Grandparents often pass away in early life for kids, which is painful.
~They can undermine parental authority by sympathizing with the kids over against their parents, by telling embarrassing stories about the parents, by showing disrespect for the parents as their parents, and by questioning the parents judgment.
~Grandparents make parents look stingy because they squander money (both because they have it and because they’re looser with it) on the grandkids.
~We know from experience that kids often grow up to be perfectly wonderful people without their grandparents around, either due to death or distance.
Bible References: Genesis 31:22-28, Genesis 48:8-10, Lev 19:32, Ruth 4:14-15, 2 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Chronicles 21:12-20, Psalm 128:1-6, Proverbs 13:22, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:14-15
Links on Grandparents:
Grandparent by Wikipedia
Grandparents' role in the Bible by Wels.net
Grandparenting: not same as parenting by NYMministries.org
Grandparents in the Bible by NYMministries.org
Mistakes grandparents make by NYMministries.org
Importance of grandparents by Partnershipforlearning.org
Grandparents: Vital role by Fathersforlife.org
Why kids need grandparents by Focusonyourchild.com
Grandparents' rights by Custodycenter.com
The importance of grandparents by Foreverfamilies.net
The influence of grandparents by North Dakota State University
Grandparents: New Look at Supporting Generation by Amazon
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