in your opinion ,what roles can grandparents play in today's society?

Roles Grandparents Play

Grandparents can influence their grandchildren through the roles they assume in their grandchildren's lives. Based on interviews of 300 grandchildren, Kornhaber and Woodward suggested a number of direct roles played by grandparents,· including the following:

Family historian. Grandparents who act as family historians inform current generations about the experiences of their progenitors and the origins of their family lineage. Grandparents often remember more about family history and are able to provide continuity in family traditions. This is a particularly important role, given the strong emphasis of the Church of Jesus Christ on genealogy and the knowledge that families have the opportunity to be united beyond this life into the eternities. Of grandparents, Improvement Era editor Bill R. Linder wrote: "They serve as a link between the child and the preceding generation, bringing continuity to the family and knowledge of prev