What is a Grandparent?

[164 words] These answers to that question were taken from papers written by a class of eight-year-olds. • Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of their own. They like other people’s kids. • Grandparents don’t have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn’t play hard or run. • When they take us for walks, they slow down for things like pretty leaves and caterpillars. They don’t say, “Hurry up.” • They wear glasses and funny underwear. They can take their teeth and gums out. • Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don’t have television, because grandparents are the only grown- ups who like to spend time with us. • They know we should have snack time before bedtime, and they say prayers with us every time and kiss us…