Grandparents raising teenagers (kids, old, grandkids, child)

[CA4Now]

Al Martinez writes about the experience that he and his wife had with raising their teenage granddaughter.

Al Martinez on raising a granddaughter - latimes.com

[longnecker]

Nicole is very lucky to have such a loving and indulgent grandfather.

[Laura707]

Two men I work with have adopted their grandkids, both are in their 50's. I just don't see it myself. One of them, almost before the ink dried, found out his wife has a bad heart and could drop dead anytime, there's nothing to be done for it.. Yet, she is dealing with 2 small children.

The other ones wife, the child found passed out on the floor when she came in from school and had to call a ambulance and she was in the hospital for 2 weeks. This happened not a year after the adoption.

What is happening with these parents that do not raise their own kids anymore? I just don't get it!

[StinaTado]

So what I got from that article is that Nicole has managed to manipulate her grandparents into helping her escape responsibility- she's 23 and still living off of them and doesn't have to do anything she doesn't want to do. Must be nice.

[brookehogan]

I am really very lucky to have such a loving and indulgent grandfather. he is so kind to me


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[JudiPatooti]

I wouldn't want to be ANYONE, ANY AGE with the responsibility of raising a teenager nowadays!! There must be a special place in Heaven for any grandparent who undertakes THAT job! God Bless them.

As an aside, I have to add that my husband was a 9th grade science teacher (and a lot younger) before he retired and he always commented that if he had to call a student's home because of a problem with that student sometimes he'd get results from speaking to a parent, but he ALWAYS got results when he spoke to a grandparent. He was always thrilled when one answered the phone because he knew he'd get results, ha ha. Hey, maybe by this age we take a lot less nonsense from the younguns and we're a lot tougher.

[Pappy&Me]

Kids are hard to handle now, many grandparent were hippies and thought different than some of us . If it feels good do it .

Kids are use to getting their way now lack supervision at home so when you dissipaline them, they think you mean .

I enjoyd 7 of my grands the other 4 lived far away . We taught them how to sit, table manners , fish, skin dive in the Keyes , play ball, roller skate, snow ski , sing ' I bet I played DoReMe a thousand times ' , fly a kite, dance and many other things because I was a housewife with time and my hubby worked . I taught their parents the same things, but they were busy with careers so we taught them these things .

We seldom hear from any of them .

Only the oldest two seem to find time to call now and then .

[jeepgirl27]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Al Martinez writes about the experience that he and his wife had with raising their teenage granddaughter.

Al Martinez on raising a granddaughter - latimes.com

My mom is raising my teenage niece..And no my sister has never been a good mom..My sis missed out in seeing her kids grow up..She missed out on a great thing...Now the kids remember she wasnt there for them and they let her know that too..

[okpondlady]

I have several girls in my Girl Scout Troop who are being raised by Grandparents. The parents are just to busy (not so much) or worthless (much more likely). One set of Grandparents are raising 7 grandchildren from their daughter. She is a worthless piece of crap who is a prostitute and on drugs. Almost every year she has had a baby and dropped it off at their home. Most of the poor kids they picked up at the hospital. She has never dealt with any of them. Then I have another family the mom was blinded in a bar fight so Grandma is raising the two granddaughters. It is almost an epidemic around here where I live.

[Magnolia Bloom]

I would like to learn of forums related to grandparents raising their grands. Links, please!