Why is it so great being a grandparent?

I'm not really sure because I am not a grandparent yet. I have had alot of problems with my daughter. I have almost got her raised. I need a break after that before she decides to make me a grandparent.

you have more patience because as a grandparent you understand children better than you did when your own were little. You have more experience and more understanding of how to handle each situation. You learned from your mistakes and you also learned what worked and what didn't. You also have more time to just devote to your grandchildren because you are not as busy. One last thing, we don't see them all the time and so they don't have a chance to get on our last nerve. We don't have them everyday so we look forward to seeing them when we can.

Very simple really... You have all the experience of bringing up your own children... and you can deal with any problem with your grand-children because you have that experience and the solutions. So it feels like it is a lot easier that when you were learning how to handle your own children. Furthermore... you don't have a 24 hours / 7 days responsability for your grand-children. When you are tired of them... you can send them home.

Yes, that is true. Our grandparents have more patience than our parents. They just simply love their grandchildren.

Perhaps it's because you can dote all you want on your grandson without thinking of how to provide for him, etc. I've never been a grandparent (still 20) but I have always thought my grandparents were more caring than my parents. I became spoiled because of them. :D

I don't know. Because I'm not a grandparent yet. ^_^ But maybe it is great for the first time. And I don't know why.