Now more than ever, let us reclaim the role of grandparents, fundamental in our society

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Grandfather’s Day or Grandparents’ Day is a commemorative day dedicated to grandparents within the family, which complements Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. This day is celebrated only in some countries, with differences in the name, motivation and date. In Christian culture countries, July 26 has been chosen, as it is the day on which the Catholic liturgy commemorates Saint Joaquin and Saint Anne, parents of the Virgin Mary and, therefore, grandparents of Jesus.

“A grandfather is a person with silver in his hair and gold in his heart.”

The grandparents, basic pillars of all modern families, help us in our daily tasks: they help us with the children, they continue to teach us saving or cooking tricks, they make sure that we are well and happy too … And also, now that we are adults we find an affinity very close to friendship impossible to have when we were children and we needed limits and norms for our education and development. For all that, and more, they deserve their Grandparents Day.

“Grandma serves kisses, cookies, and advice daily.”

Because our parents will always be our parents, we remind them of their value to us on Father’s Day and Mother’s Day, but our children also have the right to celebrate with their grandparents all the love that flows between them in a bidirectional way. They have been very hard days without being able to have their grandchildren nearby.

From Toldos Guardamar we do not want to see that there are more forgotten grandparents as if they were part of the past. Now they are a population at risk and more needs to be taken care of. For this reason, let us celebrate this day with them to remind them that they continue to be that fundamental part of the family.

#Happygrandparentsday