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A nossa Natureza 36The importance of grandparents in children's growth
When we talk about grandparents, we're talking about love, affection, complicity, tenderness, conversations, games, laps... Grandparents are all this and much more!
For grandparents, the priority is the exchange of affection, the good times, the laughter and not the rules. Children understand from an early age that there are differences between what they can and can't do at home with their parents and their grandparents! For all these reasons and more, grandparents play a key role in children's emotional development. They feel more confident and emotionally secure when they have a relationship with their grandparents from the first years of life.
The relationship between grandchildren and grandparents is beneficial for both sides, because grandparents feel useful when looking after the younger ones, they learn from their grandchildren, especially when it comes to today's digital issues, and grandchildren learn a lot from their grandparents because of the wisdom and life experience that their elders have to teach them!
An American study analysed hundreds of grandparents and grandchildren over several years and concluded that those who maintained a close relationship were happier and had fewer symptoms of depression!
It's important that grandparents create routines with their grandchildren, make them feel special, share stories about their children, play and laugh a lot with them. In this way, they are creating special moments that they will never forget - grandparents and grandchildren!
Happy day to all grandparents!
