What use are they? Continuity, thats what.
SWMBO and I were discussing a TV programme about the kids of the baby boomers (they had a name for them) and their demands for immediate gratification and all the other things that are wrong with them (what a novel plaint) and WE came to the conclusion that one of the best things a kid could have was a Gran, someone who was an expert childraiser, whose morals were formed in a different era, and who was respected by everyone respectable.
One of the troubling things about being a parent is the uncertainty of this childrearing game. SWMBO and I don't know enough, and all the people we can ask are professional experts who are doing it for a living, not for the loving. Wish our son had a Gran.
I don't think we are doing too bad, but it would be nice to get a REAL expert opinion, an involved one.