{"id":9166,"date":"2019-11-26T13:11:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2021-01-25T14:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T19:00:28","slug":"reclaiming-the-family-part-3-recruit-grandma-and-grandpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/26\/reclaiming-the-family-part-3-recruit-grandma-and-grandpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclaiming the Family \u2013 Part 3 \u2013 Recruit Grandma and Grandpa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reclaiming the Family \u2013 Part 1 \u2013 Bring Back the Dowry<\/a><\/p>\n

Reclaiming the Family \u2013 Part 2 \u2013 The Family Business<\/a><\/p>\n

At least going back a generation or more a pattern of behavior has become established in the colder areas of the country that once people reach retirement age they head south to Florida or Arizona and live out their days in a retirement community.\u00a0 And I suppose if you are sufficiently wealthy this would not prevent you from supporting and staying in touch with your descendants back North.<\/p>\n

But in today\u2019s world of limited opportunities and constrained resources another choice is to use your retirement and the resources you have accrued to reinforce and enhance your family\u2019s opportunities.\u00a0 Think about how difficult it is for a family with two working parents to provide the opportunities and attention that their kids need to grow up right.\u00a0 If they manage to check their kids\u2019 homework and get them to sports practices and games that\u2019s probably taking up their whole free time left over from work and sleep.<\/p>\n

Now as touched on earlier in this series it is much to be preferred that children have a stay at home mom to take care of them and make sure they\u2019re staying out of trouble but even then, kids should have a lot more of their family\u2019s time and attention.\u00a0 For instance, who says a father is the only one who can bring the kids to a baseball game or a museum or a movie.\u00a0 Why can\u2019t grandpa do that?\u00a0 And grandma is about a million times better at babysitting babies than a 15-year-old girl who will spend all her time on the phone while the baby sits glued to Sesame Street.<\/p>\n

With respect to school work many of the baby boomers are STEM professionals and can not only help out with homework but can provide real world insights to children on what career paths make sense and which are dead ends.\u00a0 For instance, if one of my grandsons asked me whether he should major in computer science or intersectional gender studies I think I\u2019d be able to give him a very clear answer!<\/p>\n

But this is just the tip of the iceberg.\u00a0 Even the tradition of having the Sunday dinner at Grandma\u2019s house does more for bonding the family than an occasional phone call to Florida provides.\u00a0 And it may provide the opportunity for a request for financial or other help that otherwise wouldn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

And what are you sacrificing if you forego the condo in Florida.\u00a0 Playing shuffleboard with other old people that you don\u2019t even know?\u00a0 Missing out on skin cancer?\u00a0 Sure, maybe your arthritis won\u2019t hurt quite as much but don\u2019t forget those alligators that are waiting to pick you off at the mail box.\u00a0 And how does that stack up against teaching your grandkids how to fly a kite or telling them about the time their great-great grandfather shot it out with armed robbers from the running board of a car.<\/p>\n

And there may even be a payback for you besides satisfaction.\u00a0 When the day comes when you are against it and your time is up maybe there will be someone to shed a tear and say a kind word at your bedside instead of just a text message from up North to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

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