Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2022
As I wrote about Chinese grandmothers I though much about my own grandmothers and about my grandchildren. In between was my mother, possibly the best grandmother ever. I saw the similarities and dissimilarities between my family and other families, in China and other countries. This chapter provides examples of both.
Most of all I saw the pleasures of being a grandmother, the joy given by grandchildren. The key role of grandmothers, to give love and care to her grandchildren, is universal – as are the rewards.
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