Grandparenting

Today the girls have gone hunting--they discovered a Steinmart, Marshalls etc and are shooooooping for bargains. They won't stop until they bag at least a couple of hot ones..

Meanwhile I'm grandparenting. Grandparenting is something like parenting, but not quite the same. All families have different cultures. Not good or bad, just different. Like when kids should go to bed, what they should eat, how long they should hang on to their "blankey" or "soo soo" and even how to schedule their days. Our job, as grandparents is not to change their family culture, but to support it. Of course we should speak up lovingly when it comes to values, such as how to speak to a brother, being kind, sharing.

We should not carry the weight of discipling, but should be encouraging, and supportive. I love this privilege of being a papa. Its a lot easier and more fun even than being a daddy.