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> [It is strange but true that although we may have learned all sorts of important facts while raising our own children, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/it-is-strange-but-true-that-although-we-may-have-learned-all-sorts-of/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

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> [If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/if-grandparents-want-to-have-a-meaningful-and-constructive-role-the/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

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> [Becoming more flexible, open-minded, having a capacity to deal with change is a good thing. But it is far from the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/becoming-more-flexible-open-minded-having-a-capacity-to-deal-with/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

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## Other authors on Grandparents

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grandparents/pope-francis/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erma-bombeck-33764.jpg) Erma Bombeck 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grandparents/erma-bombeck/)

## More by Eda LeShan

> [When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/when-we-cannot-bear-to-be-alone-it-means-we-do-not-properly-value-the/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [We have kept our children so busy with "useful" and "improving" activities that we are in danger of raising a generation of young people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/we-have-kept-our-children-so-busy-with-useful-and-improving/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [It is strange but true that although we may have learned all sorts of important facts while raising our own children, when we become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/it-is-strange-but-true-that-although-we-may-have-learned-all-sorts-of/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [All important progress made by the human race has its roots in daydreaming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/all-important-progress-made-by-the-human-race-has-its-roots-in/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [Our attitudes toward retirement, marriage, recreation, even our feelings about death and dying may make much more of an impression than we realize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/our-attitudes-toward-retirement-marriage-recreation-even-our-feelings/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [Until every individual feels personally responsible for the careful planning and the preservation of natural resources, the inexorable destruction will go on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/until-every-individual-feels-personally-responsible-for-the-careful/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [Anxiety checks learning. A feeling of well being and respect stimulates an alert mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/anxiety-checks-learning-a-feeling-of-well-being-and-respect/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is not having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/if-grandparents-want-to-have-a-meaningful-and-constructive-role-the/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [Every time a child is born, we have another chance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/every-time-a-child-is-born-we-have-another-chance/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [Visiting someone in a hospital recently, I watched an elderly couple. The man was in a wheelchair, the wife sitting next to him in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/visiting-someone-in-a-hospital-recently-i-watched-an-elderly-couple/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [If I have learned anything in long years of introspection, it is that life requires a price if you want to be as fully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/if-i-have-learned-anything-in-long-years-of-introspection-it-is-that/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [In all our efforts to provide advantages we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/in-all-our-efforts-to-provide-advantages-we-have-actually-produced/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [Sex is something we are, not something we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/sex-is-something-we-are-not-something-we-do/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [Becoming more flexible, open-minded, having a capacity to deal with change is a good thing. But it is far from the whole story. Grandparents,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/becoming-more-flexible-open-minded-having-a-capacity-to-deal-with/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

> [Depression occurs when you are not being yourself. You're probably doing things you don't want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/depression-occurs-when-you-are-not-being-yourself-you-re-probably/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

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