As I went off to see an ailing Thomas and his family this morning, I began to see the wisdom in not having kids until your 30s. We have much more time to enjoy and help out with our kids' kids (and they were a little late in producing too) than our friends who had their progeny earlier in life. In other words, retired or semi-retired grandparents can be useful and have fun too.
Just in case you're wondering, there's a whole group of anthopologists and ethnographers who argue that grandparents (and grandmothers have been studied the most) have a positive effect on the survival of their grandchildren. This is called the grandmother effec, but I'd call it the grandparent effect, because Grandpas are great to have around too.
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It annoys me that the Canadian government is seeing retired grandparents (who are in good enough shape to bring up the kids while parents work) as a burden. For one thing, they will ensure that the grandkids learn the ancestral language as well as French and/or English.
By the way, you are missing a w at the beginning of your NYT link.
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