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When physical limitations affect grandparent caregiving

I am sixty-eight with arthritis and my three-year-old grandson has more energy than I can handle and I feel guilty that I cannot give him what a younger parent could.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Aging bodies and young children's needs create a heartbreaking awareness of inadequacy despite boundless love.

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