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Grandparenting Today's Teens · Oct 8, 2026 · 15m

"There's nothing you can do to make me love you more, and there's nothing you can do to make me love you less."

Mark Gregston recently sat in a living room full of family visiting his dad, who is in his 90s. For two solid hours, the conversation was nothing but ailments, from bad knees to the details of a colonoscopy. Four teenagers sat in that room and never said a word. Driving home, Mark thought, "I never want my grandkids to feel that uncomfortable in my home." Then it hit him: he has his own ways of making people uncomfortable. His grandkids will tell you Papa is always cleaning.

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