Dr. Laura:

People keep saying that being a grandparent is better than being a parent, but I don't agree.  I love being Grandma, and my husband loves being Grandpa, but the joy of raising our daughter can't be surpassed.  However, our current reward is two wonderful little boys who we get to spend time with.  

One day, when our oldest grandson was about four years old, he was playing outside, and I heard him walking around and kind of talking to himself.  He was saying "I can't do anything right."  Naturally, I was very concerned, so I asked him "Whatever gave you the idea that you can't do anything right?"  Without a pause, he said "I'm being Charlie Brown."  I told him he was doing a good job of being Charlie Brown, and I smiled.  Now his younger brother is also four years old, and he says as many funny things as his brother did at that age.  It makes grandparenting a lot of fun.

Deborah