Grand Mother

Grandmothers who are able and want children, should be able to adopt babies. It's not such a stupid idea. Many grandmothers are looking after their working children's children as it is. They walk the babies and go shopping with them, they cart them off to play schools and school and tell them family stories. They hang out with their grandchildren all day, teaching them favorite recipes and gardening and about nature and conservation. They have something parents do not have. Time without boundaries. And their elder health would improve as well. They would be out walking and moving about chasing the little ones. They are up at night anyway so babies and their night howls would work in beautifully. From the lack of all-day parenting I see around me, I think elders who want to and can, would make excellent parents. It would fend off loneliness and lack of anything to do but talk about their aging ills. Many have money to indulge the child with small things that children love such as going on little trips to the zoo or the park or window shopping. Elders have patience borne of experience. They have life's natural wisdom. They can attend all the child's day school functions  or volunteer as helpers at the schools. I think grand parents would make fine parents. Death, you say? What if you should die or become ill? I say what happens to children in a natural family today? What of divorce or neglect or parental abuse or simply a baby brought up basically by a babysitter who knows nothing of family tradition or cares? It is a thought to be taken seriously by those who can find no homes for unwanted babies while grandparents, especially those alone, crave to have a family again.