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[quote=Anonymous]Nothing can replace a relationship between a grandparent and a grandchild. Grandparents will be honest, loving, helpful, and teach your kids much more than a nanny. They understand the parents, have generational differences so they can teach them more than a young nanny, and even if they lack energy they make up for it in love and support.  I was raised by grandma as much as parents and she wasn’t energetic or even entertaining much of the time, but she taught me about family history, cooking, went for drives, taught me to can food, played board games, took me swimming, drove everywhere and taught me history of the area, helped me learn life skills, told fun stories about when my parents were young...Mine was not energetic but that helped me to appreciate a slower way of life. Kids don’t need to be entertained all the time. You can have both whatever works for you but never underestimate the value of learning from the older generation, especially when they’re family.I had babysitters occasionally too but nothing compared to a grandparent relationship. The biggest difference is love. The love will always be different with family vs non family. 
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