NANA SAYS PARENTS NEED SOME SPACE

Grandparents are great resources to allow parents some alone time. A few hours on a Sunday so the parents can go for an ice cream or some furniture shopping. Sleep over at the kids' house so the parents can go out and not have to rush home. Besides Nana needs to go to bed early and not worry about staying awake to drive home alone on a dark road. Parents are people too. So always needing to be on duty can be draining. Time away, alone time is good. Of course, working outside the home gives some good intellectual time to parents. But the minute when picking up the children or arriving home, then the duty starts until bed time for everyone. Family time can be draining or rewarding depending on perspective. So including the extended family in that family time is good. For children spending time with grandparents alone is good for relationship building. Everybody benefits, especially the grandparents.