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Charlie Elizabeth Culverhouse

Your kids might think their grandparents are ‘old’, but new research shows that most grandparents don’t think they are

Grandparent talking to granddaughter .

According to a new study, the older people get, the later they think old age starts - meaning you probably think your grandparents are older than they really see themselves being.

We know that different generations often have wildly different views on various things. For one, older generations think table manners are much more important than younger ones do, with the manners your grandparents once swore by now becoming a thing of the past. And, while many grandparents have a positive view on today’s most popular parenting trends, many still don’t and refuse to respect modern parenting choices - and they may pay a big price for doing so. 

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