Are you a baby boomer granny?
We're the generation that demanded change! We're young (!), vibrant and radical. We've perhaps been earth mothers, hippies and/or political activists, and have developed into super cool mature adults. We're also the new generation of grandparents.
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Now I don't know about you, but my brain pops up a picture of a granny who is very definitely old, hair held securely in a net, long baggy knickers (handy for tucking a hankie in the leg, as I recall!) and a great big pinny that wrapped round her twice. I think I've morphed both my grandmothers into one, but suspect this image will be familiar to many other baby boomers.
So, when my daughter announced the happy event I had to immediately do battle with this Giles cartoon granny who kept appearing in the mirror
You know what? I think it's down to us, to we 'baby boomers' to get on with it and rewrite the script; to create a new image for 'granny' (and grandpa, too, of course). When I announced this to one friend she said, 'actually, Jan, I think that's been done already' in a very knowing way, so I came home and started to do some research.
I Googled 'grandmother' hoping to find lots of resources which would help me to rebuild my internal granny paradigm. But no, the first thing my eyes alighted on was 'funeral ode for grandmother' - puhlease!!
So, this is the very first stage in what will build into a resource aimed those for whom my sentiments strike a chord.
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I'm Jan Scott, a life coach, mentor and website creator. I have three grown up children and live with my partner in Pennine Yorkshire.
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