Why My Grandson Makes Me Feel Old... and Young at the Same Time
By Niki Gent I had my grandson for the school holidays this week. Not for a few hours. Not for a sleepover. For the first time... Without Mum. Now, I like to think I'm a pretty capable person. I run a business, work with families every day, manage staff, write reports, solve problems and somehow keep all the balls in the air. So naturally, I thought, "How hard can this be?" Apparently... quite hard. I discovered that little boys have two speeds. Fast. And asleep. There doesn't appear to be an "in-between." Within ten minutes we'd read 3 books, negotiated over snacks, found three cars and somehow I'd already said, "Please don't climb on that," at least seventeen times. I honestly don't remember my own children having this much energy. I'm sure they did. I've probably just blocked it out. At one point, I stood up from the floor after playing cars for what felt like three days but was apparently only twenty-five minutes. Ever...