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Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

When You Become a Grandparent

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Grandparents play a very key role in society today. To address this important part of the family, John and Danny discuss how parents and grandparents can get along, even when they have a disagreement on how to interact with the kids. Featuring Chrys Howard and Shellie Tomlinson.


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0:00.0

Being a grandparent has to be one of the best most important roles in the world today.

0:07.0

And Danny, I know you're not a grandparent yet, but what happy memories or good memories do you have of time with your grandparents?

0:14.4

Oh man, I have so many with, especially my grandpa and my mom's side.

0:18.8

I remember gardening with him as a young child when we moved to the United States from Mexico.

0:25.0

Having root beer floats with him, extracting honey, I still remember when he got a ticket

0:30.7

going through a red light and the way he responded he was so kind to the

0:34.9

officer and he tried to sell him some cheese and some honey that he had the trunk.

0:38.6

Yeah I can't remember if he actually sold the honey, but he offered it to him and but I do remember my

0:46.8

grandpa and grandma kneeling next to their bed and praying.

0:52.4

I still distinctly remember looking down the hallway and seeing them kneel for a long period of time,

1:00.8

thinking are they ever going to get up and they just loved to have that conversation

1:05.8

with God spending time praying and I also remember over time then I went and knelt

1:11.4

next to them as an eight-year-old child learning how to be on my knees before my heavenly father.

1:18.5

That's really a beautiful picture.

1:20.9

Well let's go ahead and hear now from Chris Howard. She is actually part of the Duck Dynasty family.

1:26.0

The mom of Corey Robertson and she and her friend She and her friend Shelly Tomlinson joined Jim Daly to talk about their experiences in Grandparent.

1:36.6

And let me welcome both of you to focus on the family.

1:40.4

It's good to have you.

1:41.8

You got, you're really fun. We've had a little banter already. I know this is going to be great.

1:45.5

Now as we've said John and I we're not grandparents yet in our little journey, but I hear it's pretty good.

1:52.2

What's your favorite thing about being a grandparent?

1:55.0

Oh favorite thing?

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