A new TILDA study reveals that providing more than 60 hours of
childcare a month can have an impact on the health of grandparents. There are peals of baby laughter and fond
exclamations of "Ah, just one more", coming from my kitchen where granny
and granddad are in full child-minding mode.
Sitting at my laptop, part of me feels sad that I'm missing whatever is causing such merriment, while another part of me suspects that my eight-month-old almost definitely shouldn't be having "just one more" of whatever's on offer out there. It's true - when grandparents enter a room, discipline flies out the window.
http://www.independent.ie/life/family/parenting/are-we-exploiting-our-grandparents-three-irish-grannies-share-their-experiences-31139205.html
Sitting at my laptop, part of me feels sad that I'm missing whatever is causing such merriment, while another part of me suspects that my eight-month-old almost definitely shouldn't be having "just one more" of whatever's on offer out there. It's true - when grandparents enter a room, discipline flies out the window.
http://www.independent.ie/life/family/parenting/are-we-exploiting-our-grandparents-three-irish-grannies-share-their-experiences-31139205.html