Grandparents aren’t necessary for a happy, healthy childhood. Lovely when loving? Yes. Required? No. Literally zero research says otherwise. This of course is an inconvenient truth for Big Grandparent. What is necessary for a happy, healthy childhood? Interacting with kind, respectful adults. Truth: Growing up with abusive grandparents is worse than having no grandparents at all. Besides, not all that long ago in human history it wasn’t uncommon for grandparents to pass before their gran...
