[Mack184]

I don't have a horse in this race since we have no grandchildren and our boys are all well beyond 18..But..I've noticed several posters who have mentioned that they have teen-aged grandchildren who had no desire to come and hang out with them in TV.

I find that sort of sad. As a youngster I was very lucky to have both sets of grandparents living very close by and spent a lot of time with them. There was little competition for their time since my family was small. My father was an only child and my mother had only one sister who had no children. I was especially close to my dad's parents and I can honestly say that there was little that I enjoyed more than spending time with them. I wasn't "embarrassed" as a teen to be seen with my grandmother and grandfather, and I have a wonderful wealth of memories from time spent with them.

I never had to worry about how long I could be at their house, although I didn't "stay over" very often since my home was less than a mile from theirs and I could drop by whenever I wanted to.

After my grandparents passed away I became the keeper of my grandmother's diaries and I've found many, many notations of how pleased she was whenever my sister or I spent time with them.

I feel very sad for teens who don't want to hang out with grandmother & grandfather. They are REALLY missing a lot!