So many grandparents know they can leave their grandchildren the silver, the pictures, their bank accounts–but what they really want to transmit to their grandchildren is a cultural inheritance. They want to leave them a feeling for other people, for beauty, for art, for culture. And they know that one of the best ways to do this is through travel.
Helena Koenig, founder of GrandTravel, in her Vibrant Nation interview,
What legacy will you leave your grandchildren?
What legacy would you like to leave your grandchildren–and what are you doing to make that legacy a reality? Join the conversation by posting a response below.
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thank you so much Lisa, that helps a lot. I know he tried to blame me for so much stuff, but like I told all of his family and mine none of that added up to a divorce. I do realize it's his needs, it just hurts so bad to think how many years he's
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In July we will leave on a 3 week car trip through Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, taking with us a 9 year old grandaughter and 17 year old grandson. We had asked two other grandsons to join us as well but they’ve decided that car travel wwith Mimi and Grandpa isn’t their cup of tea. . I’m sorry they declined as we’ve developed a closer relationship with the children when we travel, but one of our rules is that we take no Xbox’s, video games or WII’s on these trips. They can take a DVD player in the car or handheld DS’s or PSP’s. to use when the view gets too boring or the trip too long. These two are ardent gamers and don’t want to give up 3 weeks to go see mountains!
This will be the third trip with our 17 year old grandson and the first for his younger sister. He got some great grades in social studies and geography this year because he had been to so many of the places they discussed and could respond form personal experience. That made us feel good too! Hopefully his sister will come home with the joy of being able to say “I’ve been there and seen that.”
It’s really much more fun to travel with the children. They see things from a different perspective and we get a different view. We also find ourselves doing things or stopping at places we had never planned and would probably not have done without their input. They have cell phones so we can keep in touch with them if they go their own way, as in the Smithsonian, and we always know where they are, so it’s safe and they learn self-reliance. They also have their own maps to watch the navigation of the trip and they spot landmarks and hotel signs long before we do. I can’t wait to see their faces on the tour to the Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest. What fun it will be to see their reaction to Old Faithful when it erupts and we will enjoy these moments evn more. We hear about what’s happening in their lives while traveling in the car and when we return home, they call us frequently to update us on what’s going on with them. We’ve gained a closer relationship through these trips, and they will have an idea of what they can do with their children when they became parents. We can expose them to music and the theatre so they have a comparison with their own arts.
Guess we’ll have to play Xbox 360 in order to get involved with the other two, or maybe they will eventually realize traveling can be fun. The younger grandchildren will get their turn when they are a bit older, and hopefully we will still be of an age to take them on trips as well, and enjoy their responses. And when we are no longer around they will be able to say” Oh remember what we did with them at Yellowstone, or Washington,DC, or the Baltimore Aquarium etc.” and not “I’ll put the watch in my jewelry box.”