While these parents want grandkids, they have never discussed the topic with their grown children. Now, they wonder how to discuss it without seeming to pressure them. See what Amy Dickinson advises in this edition of “Ask Amy.” Dear Amy: My wife and I, married for more than 48 years, have raised two wonderful children. Our son, 39 and unmarried, is unlikely to ever have children. Our married daughter is 34. Her and her husband’s intentions are unknown to us. We struggled to get pregnant in the 1980s, and one thing we both regret is not sharing that struggle with our parents. They did not press us about when they might become grandparents, but as we enter our early 70s, we better understand how it might have been kinder to inform them that we very much wanted to have children and were, shall we say, definitely working on it. We have not asked our children their plans, and we don’t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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