“Once you gain the promontory of grandparenthood, these things last for only short whiles, not for 20 straight years like they used to.”

“This means that there's a new generation of grandparents who may not be quite ready for grandparenthood.”

“Major life changes during this phase concern retirement and grandparenthood.”

“Most food today would still be recognisable to our grandparents and jetpacks are mostly confined to James Bond movies.”

“We may be coming to a situation where whole families, grandparents, parents and weans are all users.”

“The family unit has at its head the ancestors followed by the grandparents, the father, the wives and then the children.”