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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Seems there's a rise of grandparents who really don't want to take care of little kids, even just for a weekend.[/b] At least this is what I'm seeing a lot in my various circles. They're more tired and less tolerant than what I remember grandparents being like when I was a kid.

Do you think they want to more fully check out, or at least give themselves a simpler reason to not be involved?[/quote]
It’s not their role to take care of little kids. That’s the role of parents.

And of course this generation of grandparents are more tired. Retirement ages have pushed back significantly. Gone are the days of retirement pay starting between 50-55. And when their kids don’t start having kids until they are late 30s, grandparents are much older too. [/quote]

This. We’re nearly 60 with kids in their early 20’s. They are just starting out in life and I would imagine that they’ll want to be established before they start having children of their own. My guess is we’ll be pushing 70 by the time we have grandchildren.

That’s too old to be dealing with tantrums and stomach bugs. It’s not too old to do things like a family cruise or visit.  We’ll definitely be in their lives but we won’t be doing heavy duty childcare for them.

Luckily, I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t expect that anyway. [/quote]

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