The legacy left by my grandfather is not measured in material goods, even in antique watches or black-and-white photographs.
The real gift was timeshare, slow walks dragging dried leaves at school, the taste of chocolate I kept in my pocket or oceanfront hours, in a summer that knew a thousand stories. have passed between reality and inventiveness.
- Grandparents are such an intense bond between generations.
- Responsible for transmitting values.
- Educating.
- Emotions.
- Experience and serene complicity.
- Are playmates.
- Confidants and advisors.
- The role of grandfather has many fundamental facets in this society.
If the role of the grandfather is also to educate, his mission is not exactly the same as the one that parents should have, a grandfather, a grandmother lived through her fatherhood, now it is time to play a different role and even revisit her own childhood.
They are trees of life that shelter the new generations
Will we ever know if our grandparents asked to be grandparents? Grandchildren come into the world in the hope of being loved, cared for and launched into the future with confidence and safety. Every child has to establish a strong connection with those around them, and while parents are important, grandparents are no less important.
We, the grandchildren, carry some of his blood and somehow continue his legacy with our generation. However, there are still many other aspects that nurture this link that go beyond a common genetic code.
Did you know that this skill is present in most grandparents?When you got home from school and your grandfather picked you up, you knew the afternoon would be more distracted, more relaxed. Nor do we know if our grandparents had asked him to “recover” his own childhood with us, but somehow they were almost doomed.
They shared games and games with us, now they are good enough in technology, they even share laughter and confidences with their grandchildren, they set moments with a strong emotional burden and different from those that are built with parents.
Grandparents almost never forbid; they are a little more permissive and, besides, they know how to listen. They have time and, most importantly, manage to stop the time for their grandchildren.
This data is both curious and true, in most cases. According to several studies in gerontology and family psychology, the role of grandparents is usually different from that of grandmothers.
They are pure dedication, care and attention, they are those who care about our food, our well-being, are, in a way, more oriented to reality and daily life, to be useful. Grandparents, in turn, offer this, a moment of the past and a personal legacy to convey to their grandchildren through a thousand stories, a thousand stories, that children listen to with attentive gaze and burning heart.
Children love to hear stories, discover their origins and see the world through the wise eyes of their grandparents. It is a unique wisdom that continues from generation to generation and is never forgotten.
Grandpa and grandmother are these huge trees that shelter the whole family in times of harmony and stormy weather. Teenagers, for example, tend to find a degree of calm when they maintain this relationship with their grandparents, who in turn mediate with their parents.
Grandparents are often criticized for giving in too much, for never being able to give negatives, and for being a bit partisan with their grandchildren, rather than with their children. Grandparents find themselves at a time in their lives in which they set aside conflict and prioritize the emotional. value and closeness to their families, above all.
My grandfather wasn’t just a storyteller, he was a man who couldn’t stand the silence of an empty house or the noise of a room where arguments and fights float. My grandfather was an ocean of calm that brought an eternal breeze in times of family crisis. No one ever knew how he did it, but thanks to him I had a happy and safe childhood. Like many others.
And full, very full of personal inheritances more precious than the treasure of these pirates in their history of sea lions.
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