Reply #7: I sometimes have some anxiety about not pushing the kids harder

[Kali]

academically.

That was my own doing. The biggest dissapointment in my life (that may never be "worked out") was the death of my mother. Not so much for me but for the kids too. My in-laws are both dead as well and the one remaining grandparent, my father, is not the kind of person who makes a real Grampa, you know?

I had all of my grandparents until one passed when I was 16, the others until even after the kids were born! One kid remembers them pretty well. But they have never had much real grandparent time of their own and it makes me so sad every time I think about it. (like now :( )