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[quote=Anonymous]I, too, can sympathize with your disappointment that you will not have grandchildren, but there isn't anything wrong with your children, they aren't selfish, and you are not a failure.  You are disappointed because you thought you were raising the with your own values, and they would "come around" but, you are disappointed because they have different values in their lives than you had.

You want grandchildren, but won't have them.  You should look into volunteer or work opportunities where you can associate with children.  I know two ladies who are somewhat similar (both have adult children but do not yet have grandchildren).  They work at our neighborhood elementary school as recess and lunch monitors.  They only work about 4 hours per day, but they get to spend that time with and around all of the ES students.  Both of them really connected with my kids and had a lot of fulfillment watching my kids (and many others) grow.   There are also libraries that can use volunteers and kids organizations like Scouts that can always use volunteers.  It may not be a replacement, but it may be able to ease some of the disappointment.[/quote]

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