Becoming a grandparent is the dream for many parents who’ve raised their children into adulthood. After all, there are few things sweeter than getting to spend time with grandkids.
But many Millennial parents have had many bones to pick with their Boomer parents about their grandparenting skills (or lack thereof). Recently, Millennials have been calling out Boomer grandparents for a number of questionable grandparenting behaviors: from excessive gift giving to completely disappearing.
And its led one Millennial mom to coin the term “gramnesia” when describing her Boomer parents as grandparents.
See on Instagram
Whatis“gramnesia”?
“Gramnesia,”whichcombinesthewords“grandparent”and“amnesia,”hasbeenpoppinguponRedditdiscussionsforawhilenow,thoughthecoinerofthetermseemsunknown.Butonlyrecentlyhasitbeenreallygainingtraction.
BackinJuneof2024,Maryland-basedtherapistandmomAllieMcQuaid,reallybrought“gramnesia”totheforefrontoftheconversationwhenshemadeanInstagramvideoallaboutit.
“Ijustheardthistermcalled‘gramnesia’whengrandparentsforge
