tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post5374655799713780907..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: 'What big teeth you have, grandma' by Anne BoothUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-61053272827526158342019-05-22T10:41:39.456+01:002019-05-22T10:41:39.456+01:00Interesting post, Anne. As a grandmother myself, ...Interesting post, Anne. As a grandmother myself, five times over, I have been put off by the insistence of so many children's books and illustrations on depicting grandmothers as very elderly, bent old women sitting in the corner knitting and keeping their false teeth in a glass by their bed. This is so out-of date - I even know some great-grandmothers who defy that description! Certainly neither I nor most of my friends who are also grandmothers are in the least like that - we're all very busy and active, with lively minds. There have been a few books about grandmothers being daredevil sky-divers, motor-bike fiends etc., but they are exceptions and not necessarily part of most children's experiences, I'd have thought. However, now that more and more couples are having their children later in life, I suppose the chances are that the original depiction of grandmothers may be the case in a few years' time. Thank you for this post, challenging the idea that all grandmothers are alike. We certainly aren't!Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.com