The importance of grandparents - we could have told them this!

Totally agree

I can remember spending time with both grans and I was fortunate to have two great grandmas, one of which taught me to play the piano.

I have very fond memories of time spent all g with the things they taught me.

My 5 year old grandson and I were having a very self congratulatory moment on Friday. He told me of his friend from school whose grandmother had cancer. So what happened to her, I asked… she died before he was born. Bit of a sobering moment.
We then realised how very fortunate we were.

I suspect that the reason for "the grandparent effect being strongest for the mother's mother" is because the father's mother often doesn't get a look in.

I totally adored my Grandparents, especially my Mums parents heartbroken when my lovely Nan passed away. My Dad's parents, a different storey, his Dad we all loved, he was fabulous fun but my Dad's mum, what a cold fish. I was her grandchild no 13, she never had much time for us, especially the younger girls. She even told my Mum when my sister was born, if she had, had a Boy she would have given her a bigger gift for the baby. Needless to say, my Mum always referred to her, in derogatory terms!