Check out our coverage of the 30th anniversary of National Grandparents Day 2009.
In an effort to make the upcoming Grandparents Day as big and joyously observed as Mother's Day and Father's Day, here's our list of much-needed grandparent holiday traditions:
Moms get flowers, Dads get ties. We want it all.
1. Breakfast in bed, of course, but Giada De Laurentiis must prepare it, not our preschool grandchildren.
2. Free movie tickets — with a free large soda, family-size popcorn, and a tube of Necco Wafers — for all show times.
3. The right to move to the front of the line at banks, supermarkets, post offices, and restaurants. Without anyone giving us a stare-down.
4. The right to cut across the solid lines on the highway to reach the "Grandparent-only" lanes on all highways during rush hour.
5. Some magical way of seeing our own grandparents. Hey, we need advice, too. Besides, we want them to see why we turrned out okay — despite what they used to think of us.
6. Free cake. Free coffee. Free Creamsicles. Everywhere we go.
7. A "Get Out of Babysitting" pass.
8. TV-remote king or queen for a day.
9. An enforced "no-whining zone" surrounding grandchildren at all times.
10. The right to reprimand and wag our finger at anyone we choose. And that goes double for our children.
Happy Grandparents Day!
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