Unconditional Love Quotes

“What’s the difference between encouragement from parents and from grandparents? When the nonjudgmental sense of being accepted as you are-not as your parents want or as your peers require- radiates from the gaze of a grandparent, it’s a confidence builder.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“Unconditional love is the magic bridge that spans the generations: we love them unconditionally, and they love us back without reservations. It's a two-way experience. It grows the children and gentles the grandparents.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“The stories that travel down through the years nurture our descendants long after we’re gone. We contribute to this continuity by the acceptance we offer and the time we share. It’s our immortality.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“The attitude of neutrality allows grandparents to listen to the teenager without the emotional baggage their parents carry. And if we listen carefully, we may be able to glimpse what the teenager is going through.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“It’s also a nodding truth that these close relationships are built one on one. Time alone with a grandchild is golden. The flow of love is unmediated because there are no distractions. Attention is complete.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“Knowledge is different from information. Information is what you get raw from all kinds of sources, from books, from various media, and in school. Knowledge is information processed through life experience.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“So let’s allow ourselves to imagine that the attention and love we give our grandchildren can help them grow and eventually help to mend our troubled world.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“The current vogue in child development is to focus on noncognitive skills: self-regulation, grit, and the ability to process stress. Loving attention from adults is essential to the development of these traits.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“The elder generation may also take the opportunity to grow. Becoming a grandparent is the crowning event for many people, so why should it present a challenge? Because the rules are about to change, and promoting harmony in the family under new circumstances takes patience and modesty. It requires that the elder generation adopt a long view.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“Encouraging grandchildren to follow their dreams, despite the worries the other adults in their lives might harbor, is one of the pleasures of being a grandparent. We empower them when we bake together, garden together, write books together, teach them to knit and crochet, and stop cheating at cards to let them win as a nod to their becoming more grown up. We empower them in Grandpa’s garage workshop when they hammer their first nail and saw their first piece of wood. Sometimes we let them see their own strengths even though we don’t have a lesson plan.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“Today, as I walked my dog on a cool clear morning, I realized that if I live long enough, I may see my grandchildren grow into adults. Someday they might become my young friends. This hope keeps me going.”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“Today, as I walked my dog on a cool clear morning, I realized that if I live long enough, I may see my grandchildren grow into adults. Someday they might become my young friends. This hope keeps me going. Jane Isay”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today

“Mindful of the boundaries between us and our grown children, we make the effort to take the differences between us less personally”
― Jane Isay, Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today