3 Reasons Why We Must Involve Grandparents in the Family Activities

There are a lot of reasons why It is very important to include grandparents in the family activities.

First, for us. Usually when we grow up and leave the home, the relationship with our parents became less dense. All the more so we became parents too. We don't have a time at all, and when we do, we prefer to spend it on something else rather than on our parents. Family activities can bring us and our parents into closer relationship. When we do things together and participate in the same experiences, we get closer.

Second, for the grandparents. Usually our parents are already on pension or close to it. In the both cases, they, us an our kids ( their grandchildren) belong to different generations. The gap between the generations sometimes makes it very difficulty for the grandparents to communicate with us and our kids. Family home activities are a great way for them to overcome those obstacles and the get a better feeling about themselves.

Third, for our kids. Our kids have a lot what to learn from their grandparents. Our kids grow up in the world where personal qualities are based on "the world spins around me", when our parents personal qualities are based on "the society". The meeting between those two worlds can contribute a lot to our kids, and make them better persons.

Imagine that all the family gathers together and starts to play an "old" game, which the grandparents are good in it, like chess. The fact that they master that game will rise their self esteem and they will be admired by their grandchildren ( your kids). That's exactly what we want to do. We want to overcome the huge gap generations. The gap between the hi-tech generation (our kids) and the world war two generation (our grandparents).