Celebrate Grandparents Day 2010
Posted by Lauren Batalka on Fri, Sep 10, 2010
Proclaimed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, Grandparents Day is a holiday to recognize "the importance and worth of the 17 million grandparents in our nation." In that original proclamation, Carter wrote that because grandparents "are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations." Over 30 years later, there are now more than 70 million grandparents in our nation.
On September 12, 2010, Grandparents Day will reach its 31st anniversary and celebrate the role that grandparents play in children’s lives. According to AARP, 4.5 million children are being raised in households headed by grandparents. As Carter wrote, "Grandparents are our continuing tie to the near-past, to the events and beliefs and experiences that so strongly affect our lives and the world around us."
For our nation’s children and millions of others, grandparents create special relationships and impart lessons that last a lifetime. Make sure you take some time this weekend to celebrate the grandparents in your life!
"What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies." -Rudolph Giuliani
"My great grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop." –Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"My Grandmother would say, ‘Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I’ve taught you to be.'" –Jamie Foxx
Are you planning any special activities with your grandparents or your children's grandparents? Feel free to share below in our comment section. We also want to hear your favorite memories of your grandparents!
