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...John Ratey, co-author of the landmark Driven to Distraction, says seniors are often referred by their children in a "stair-step" sequence--first the grandchild is found to have ADD, then the parent and finally Grandma or Grandpa. Recalls Virginia Cooper, 73, who has a grandchild with ADHD: "My daughter said, 'Mother, I think you've got it.' And I said, 'Don't be ridiculous.' But then I read about it and realized that maybe she was right. I've always been distracted. I cannot stick to one thing. It's like somebody's changing channels in my brain...
...aloft regularly. From toddlerhood, they have loved it. "Years later," Vinson says, "my granddaughter would talk about flying right through clouds and how they were not solid but soft like smoke." The first time Gary Spoor, 48, took up Garrett, 4, the boy was transfixed. "Look, Grandpa," he called, "there's a train! Look--cows!" "It makes me feel 10 feet tall to bring that kind of joy to him," says the power-line superintendent from Kansas City...
...when they were eligible to get a license, they had lost interest. With his granddaughters, he plans to wait and start them at 16. But he hasn't told them yet. "I'm lying in the weeds on this one," he says with a chuckle. "As a grandpa, you learn things, like when to push and when...
Passing on what they value to future generations touches grandparents at their core. Even though Michael Harbater may not see his Israeli grandkids often, he knows he has had an impact on them. "They will always associate Grandpa and planes," he reflects, "even when they bring me my great-grandchildren in the old-age home...
Here’s a fact I know about my Jewish grandpa: he died the day before I went to Auschwitz. I got the news at an internet café in Krakow, a few hours after taking a group tour of the former concentration camp. My mom’s e-mail subject line was “Sad News.” After the initial surprise, I was a little upset that my family had only sent an e-mail. Of course, I didn’t expect my mom to call, but what about...