FOR WELLNESS, KIDS NEED GRANDPARENTS

FWR says:  These are days for Grandparents

Parents are on a dead run, barely keeping up. They have no time for themselves and little time for the children. This brings big opportunities for grandparents and not just for baby sitting.

The wellness of children flows to them from the family. There is a generational river with precious gifts flowing from the older to the younger generations. Children need a rich array of wellness traits as in the Rainbow. From that river, children choose their wellness traits from the family members who attract them.

Here is a good example. Cecil was raised in families with neither religion nor music. Yet, in his early twenties he turned avidly to both. That started a life-long growing devotion to both. Where did Cecil’s taste for these come from? Answer, from Buffalo, where there were annual family visits. There he got glimpses of Grandma praying bedside and Uncle Frank playing popular piano pieces.

This is a case showing how casual contacts with family members generate lasting images of important wellness traits in children. Today’s children are in great need of these opportunities. It is the parent’s job to see that children have access to all the choices among those in the wider family.

FWR says:  These days, parents need all the help they can get from the whole family to assure the wellness of their children