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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish there was a way to match people who would like to be grandparents with children who don’t have any local grandparents who actively engage with them. My SIL has parents who aren’t very interested in her kids and neither are her in-laws. She’s sad that her kids have 4 living grandparents, but none who want to get to know their grandchildren.[/quote]

I have a couple of cousins in their 60s and 70s who started tutoring kids and working as classroom aids when they ended up single in retirement (one divorced, one widowed). I think there are some Adopt a Grandparent programs I've heard about from time to time.

I have one kid, he's 30, he's had exactly one serious relationship (they agreed to end it when she moved a long way away, and he has a business here). I have 2 nieces, one of whom decided a very long time ago she would never have children because of medical and mental health issues she has had, the other one is gay and has yet to find a really long lasting relationship, and a nephew who married a woman with a kid, they adopted a special needs child, and they have decided against more kids. My parents were both from large families, we had the big family gatherings when I was a kid and from time to time after I was an adult and I miss those times a lot.

But I have developed strong ties to some other families, connections made through my son when he was younger, including younger families, and have sort of surrogate grandkids. I get invited to their recitals and birthday parties and random casual dinners and I invite them. [/quote]

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