GRANDPARENTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR KIDS, LATEST TIPS NOTWITHSTANDING

A post on a blog that I do not frequent, but that I look at occasionally because other blogs I do frequent link to it from time to time, got me thinking about what’s often the trickiest question for families doing estate planning: who would be responsible for your children if you aren’t around?
The post that got me thinking about that question was one about some survey suggesting that grandparents aren’t up on all the latest parenting tips.  My reaction is, why would they be, and so what?  Does that make grandparents any less important?
That made me think about the estate planning question because in the wills I draft for parents of minor children, grandparents are probably nominated as guardians more often than anyone else.  I doubt that the parents who have made those nominations gave too much thought to whether or not their parents are up on all the latest parenting tips.