by Barbara Kasey Smith

Created on: August 26, 2009

What do grandparents expect from grandchildren?

Grandparents treat their grandchildren as good as they ever did their own children and they show them love and compassion whenever they are with their grandchildren. They never forget their birthdays and other special occasions in their grandchildren's lives. They have them come visit for a week or maybe two weeks during the summer months and during holiday vacations and they take them everywhere and do all the things the grandchildren want to do. Grandparents love their grandchildren and enjoy being around them as much as they can and grandchildren should always treat their grandparents in a loving and respectful manner too.

Grandchildren should be respectful to their grandparents and they should also treat each set of grandparents the same and there should not be any partialities shown between them. Every set of grandparents have their own personalities but grandchildren should not dislike the grandparents because they have a different way of showing their love and affections. Some grandparents have a tendency of taking their grandchildren out and buying their love through gifts and this causes a problem when the other grandparents try to keep too many gifts at bay for a reason of "not" wanting to spoil them and buy their love.

I know in many cases, grandchildren will show preferential treatment to a set of grandparents and this can be hurtful to the other grandparents who have been good to them and showed love and affection too. When this happens, it can cause distant feelings between the grandparents who are often left out for "no" apparent reasons. Parents should teach their children to treat their grandparents as equals because it is hurtful when grandchildren prefer one set of grandparents over the other grandparents.

Grandchildren should send their grandparents birthday cards, Christmas cards, and all the other holidays they should send a card or at least call and mention the holiday and wish them a good day. It's very rude of parents when they neglect to teach their children to send cards and make telephone calls to their grandparents on special occasions. Grandparents should be shown the same respect and love as the grandparents show to them.

Grandchildren should always show support and love to their grandparents and they should show their grandparents they are special to them and they do appreciate them. Grandchildren should never talk-back or disobey their grandparents. Grandchildren should always thank their grandparents for the gifts they give to them and for the great vacations they have provided for them.

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