My 81-year-old mom lives with my tween and me. It's made my son more empathetic.
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My 81-year-old mom lives with my tween and me. It's made my son more empathetic.
"My 10-year-old son is the most empathetic individual I know. If one of his peers is struggling with classes or sports like soccer, he'll make a point of helping them out. I describe him as a gentleman. His greatest strengths are patience and compassion. I know exactly why he has those traits: his 81-year-old grandmother has lived with us for seven years. My son doesn't see her as being old. He regards the woman he calls Gram as an inspiration and a mentor."
"When you have great parents like them, you want to do the best for them when they get older. Mom and Dad followed my then-husband and me when we relocated to Atlanta for work reasons in 2017. They had a home in Vermont, but didn't think twice about heading South the following year. They lived in a 1,300-square-foot apartment that was an annex to our house with a separate entrance."
A 51-year-old media consultant in northeast Vermont lives with her 10-year-old son and her 81-year-old mother. The grandmother has lived with the family for seven years and shares a deep, familiar bond with her youngest grandchild. The child demonstrates notable empathy, patience, and compassion, consistently helping peers who struggle with classes or sports. The grandparents relocated to be near family and lived in an annex with a separate entrance. The grandmother dotes on the youngest grandson and functions as a daily mentor and role model, influencing his kindness and manners.
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