{"id":12791,"date":"2018-09-09T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T08:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=12791"},"modified":"2018-09-27T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T14:27:21","slug":"celebrate-the-generations-its-grandparents-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2018\/09\/celebrate-the-generations-its-grandparents-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Generations \u2013 It\u2019s Grandparents Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Grandparents Day is all about engaging with another generation. Whether you\u2019re of the older generation, or you\u2019re a young person, today is all about spending time with people, taking the time to learn more about them, about their life, perhaps discovering that you have more in common than you might think!<\/p>\n

The older generation can teach you a lot<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you take the time to listen, older people can have some fascinating stories to tell. It\u2019s easy to forget that they were young once, they\u2019ve had a whole life of experiences and they\u2019ve certainly learnt a lot over the years. There\u2019s something intriguing about hearing tales of your own origins, your own family history. Those stories are precious and you can in turn pass them down to your own children.<\/p>\n

The younger generation also have their uses! <\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy when you\u2019re older to dismiss the young, what on earth would you have in common with them? The world has changed a lot, being a young person now is easier in many ways, but life is far less simple. Everyone has their own troubles and being an ear to listen for younger people can be incredibly helpful. In return, if you ever need to know anything about modern technology, it\u2019s the youngest people you know that you should turn to!<\/p>\n

Make an effort on Grandparents Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is the day to call your grandparents, send them a card or visit them. Just a reminder that even though you have your own busy life now, you still love them and care about them. It doesn\u2019t even have to be your own grandparents, there has no doubt been plenty of influential older people in your life so let them know you\u2019re grateful for everything they\u2019ve done for you. Taking a few minutes to chat with an older person in your community can seem like such a trivial thing, but it can make a world of difference to someone who lives alone. Why not change your profile picture on social media to one of you with your grandparents or grandchildren?<\/p>\n

NAN plates<\/a> from \u00a3199 <\/strong><\/p>\n

We have some great deals on NAN plates<\/a> at the moment, with many of these plates available for just \u00a3199. If your nan is more into cars than crochet, then how about treating her! You can pick from NA55 NAN<\/a>, NA08 NAN<\/a>, NA02 NAN<\/a> and many more.<\/p>\n

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Grandparents Day is all about engaging with another generation. Whether you\u2019re of the older generation, or you\u2019re a young person, today is all about spending time with people, taking the time to learn more about them, about their life, perhaps discovering that you have more in common than you might think! The older generation can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":12792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1454,1455],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12793,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791\/revisions\/12793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}