Grandparent Relationships

I’ve been raised to be around family quite often and to be there when we need each other. When I was reading the section about relationships with younger generations, I could relate. Before I get into my thoughts, I found a few interesting facts. I was surprised that families are seeing more generations today than in past years. I thought previous generations would have seen more generations than the families in today’s generations. Since people are getting married later and having kids later, I thought less families would have a multiple generations family tree. Our textbook stated that more people now are living longer, which allows for more generations to be around. Some families can range from youngest to great-great-grandparent. I’ve never had any tension between myself and my grandparents, as I view my grandparents to be a huge support system. I trust them as much as my parents and I go to them whenever I have a situation that I need guidance on. In the church I was raised in, we have many generations that include families with grandparents. My family is one of those generational families and I really enjoy it. In the community I was raised in, it’s always important to be involved with our families and show the importance of being together. My grandparents are classified as “involved grandparents” where they have active in our lives and they live close to us. As I read about close families and involved grandparents I couldn’t help but think about the Amish and how close their families are. I remember coming out to Lancaster as a child and hearing about the Amish houses where they keep adding on for the grandparents and cousins to live in the same farm. I know if my family had a farm, my mom’s parents would love to have a big farm house with a little house attached for my grandparents. I love how my family is close and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.