Today’s Grandparents
September 18th, 2009
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The average age of a first time grandparent in North America today is 48.
With today’s life expectancy being 78 in North America, (as opposed to 81.5 in Iceland and 41 in Zimbabwe) many of us may have 30 years or more of grandparenting ahead of us. So the question of how we want to fill the role of grandparent becomes an important one.
This is especially true since as today’s grandparents we are likely to be more educated than previous generations and also be active, self-confident with age-esteem and more globally aware. We still have places to see and dreams to live. Grand-parenting is just one role among many.
