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Grandchildren begat great-grandchildren begat great-great grandchildren, and she cooked for us into her 90s.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Grandchildren The best present I ever received was when my grandkids put on a show for me, which they performed in the middle of the dining room table.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

“I just couldn’t fathom eating something that one of my babies needed,” said Coleman, director of the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Information Center of Louisiana.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022

"We are retired. We want to be grandparents. We are even willing to look after their children. Grandchildren bring joy into people's lives, but we are being deprived of it."

From BBC • May 13, 2022

Grandchildren, then, the woman insists, and so after more deliberation they pick out three ebony elephants for the children of the children.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver