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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I feel your pain, this sounds super annoying.  Card games or dominoes sounds good.  Maybe sit down with your parents and ask for some suggestions of activities they would enjoy.

Maybe you could look at it as an important life skill for your kids to get along with people of all ages, and a way to show respect for the elderly.  Learning to converse with different people is really important in life.  As is learning to feign interest in things that are boring.  So if the grandparents want to read, your kids need to suck it up and read, even if they would prefer a different activity.  Let go of the fantasy that everyone will enjoy this, and settle for having your kids do right by their grandparents and learn some life lessons.

I spent many a boring hour at my grandparents', at my mother's insistence, and am unscathed-- actually I wouldn't have had it any other way.  It was only through her coercion that I actually got to know them, and then we were better able to spend time together.  It was a long process, but gradually as I got to know them, it got easier.
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