Apparently, it is Seniors Week in Australia next week. In honour of this, my son's school are having a "bring your grandparent to school" day on Wednesday. Nice idea but what about the kids who don't have grandparents around to bring? My son came home with an invitation he had made in class addressed to his grandfather who passed away about this time last year and couldn't understand why he wouldn't be able to come (my son has only just turned five and doesn't seem to understand the permanence of death). We suggested taking his uncle along instead but my son said that it had to be someone "crumply". Neither of his grandmothers can make it as both live interstate. We have been wracking our brains for someone crumply that my son might like to take but noone springs to mind. Now even Uncle P may not be able to make it anyway. I don't think he will be the only one without a senior to bring along for grandparents day. We live in an area with a high proportion of people from overseas and I can immediately think of a few people we know with children at the school who don't have any other family in Australia. This is a yearly event so may have to think about establishing a relationship with someone suitably crumply in time for next year's Seniors Week.
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Do you have any elderly friends or neighbours who are lonely & could be a "fake" grampie/grammie?