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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the fact that you were a latchkey kid probably has a lot to do with your grandparents’ lack of interest in grandparenting.  My siblings and I were latchkey kids, and my mom has had almost zero interest in spending time with her grandkids.  I’m not talking about babysitting, but spending quality time together, like going to the playground or mall.  I think that since she didn’t spend quality time with us, it doesn’t come naturally to her to do it with her grandkids.  When my mom became a first-time grandmother in her early 60s, she was in good health and had been enjoying a happy retirement for 10 years already.  My brother had asked her to watch his baby once a week, and you’d think he had asked her to go to prison.  I had assumed that she would have regrets about missing our childhood and would want to make up for it somehow, if not through childcare, then through getting to know her grandkids by spending time together.  I’m sure some grandparents would in her situation, but for her, NOPE! [/quote]

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