This alternative is good for everyone. Parents and grandparents can work out their issues without permanently destroying the foundation of the family, so important for children s mental and emotional health. Children see their elders trying to work out differences without banishing each other from the family. They appreciate being kept out of it and relating in a loving manner to all. This is a great example for parents to set for their children, and worth some sacrifice of their own actions.
Parents don t have to deal with the guilt of removing their own parents from their lives.
Grandparents too must examine how they are part of the problem instead of the solution as is expected from older people with more life experience. Of course people may not get along perfectly but that s O.K. too. Children can live, and learn, with differences. That s why they are given two parents, four grandparents and eight grand-grandparents. Parents, grandparents and society must know that love for the child must supercede animosities of the adults.