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A grandmother is a person with too much wisdom to let that stop her from making a fool of herself over her grandchildren.

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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent. - Sam Levenson quote.
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
Sam Levenson You Don’t Have to Be in “Who’s Who” to Know What’s What
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. - Alex Haley quote.
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. - Sam Levenson quote.
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.

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Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a grandmother.
Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.

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Was there ever a grandparent, bushed after a day of minding noisy youngsters, who hasn't felt the Lord knew what He was doing when He gave little children to young people?

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Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well together? Perhaps the best answer is the one I heard from a psychiatrist recently: "Because they have a common enemy the parents."
Our children are here to stay, but our babies and toddlers and preschoolers are gone as fast as they can grow up—and we have only a short moment with each. When you see a grandfather take a baby in his arms, you see that the moment hasn't always been long enough.

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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
— Welsh proverb

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A house needs a grandma in it. - Louisa May Alcott quote.
A house needs a grandma in it.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy—the mother.
To know perfect happiness a woman may be a mother, but must be a grandmother.
No one can do for children what grandparents do.  Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of children. - Alex Haley quote.
No one can do for children what grandparents do.  Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of children.
If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is not having a second chance at parenthood!
Eda LeShan Grandparenting in a Changing World

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A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do. - Lois Wyse quote.
A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.