More great ideas!
My challenge, however, which the title of this string captures, relates to grandkids vs kids:
- As a grandparent, you don't control whether they have phones, iPads or the like. The parents do. And their peers have them. So the presence of and interest in those items and the attendant apps/games is a given.
- Geography and time. My grandkids live 45 minutes away (and we see them frequently). This is a lot better than them living across the country, but it is a major constraint relative to the trains. In contrast, with my son and our trains then, if we had a project going we could mess with it almost daily, and put in lots of hours. With the grandkids, even when they stay overnight, they may not be over again for 3 weeks. I have involved them in several construction projects, but they have to be projects that start and complete in a single visit. Operations seem to be a better target for them.
Ed
