Raising grandkids truly takes a team effort, and one of the unexpected rewards is the opportunity to learn something new along the way. It doesn’t take much to move from just talking with them to contributing to their enthusiasm about a subject.
We all crave love and approval and in the case of our grandkids they are like a vacuum cleaner when it comes to taking it in. We have the power to not only help them to feel they matter, we can easily make them feel special.
I will say, though, that it is always helpful to appreciate what will come of your struggle if you persevere. Keeping you eye on the prize is the very fuel necessary to achieve anything meaningful.
One of the tenets of my Dale Carnegie training is that we should speak in terms of others’ interests. This is especially true when it comes to our beloved grands.