Grandparents are key to the faith of youth and children

Grandparents have so much to offer their grandchildren in terms of faith but they are often unsure how to approach it within their families - Anna Hawken from Parenting for Faith has some idea of how to help

Watching Channel 4’s new series, Worlds Apart, where 12 strangers - young and old - take on the ultimate treasure hunt across Japan, I was struck by the instant connection between the teenage competitors and their pensioner companions.

There seems to be something powerful about these connections across the generations. Many of us will have memories of our own grandparents – and be able to identify how, even today, a grandparent has influenced us. There’s science to back this up. In a survey of teens in the United States, nine out of ten said their grandparents influenced their values and behaviours.

Christian grandparents in the UK lack confidence in their ability to share their faith with their grandchildren and feel ill-equipped and unsupported in their role

So it’s not a surprise to read in the Bible that God’s view is that the grandparent generation is ……