How often do your dc see their grandparents?

[Sexyfothermucker]

Just that really. My two ds only see their grandma(my mum) once a week for about forty minutes, if that. Sometimes not at all for two weeks. Their grandad (my dad) never bothers. Twice a year if they're lucky, and they don't seem to bothered by this at all (the grandparents not the dc). Is this the norm?? Or am I right to be a bit pissed off?

Every few weeks but not anything regular.

Big difference I suppose is that DCs are now teenagers. They have their own lives and things to do. We were abroad when DCs were small so got by without GP support or regular participation in our lives (eg celebrating Christmas, birthdays etc).

GPs are now getting more frail so the pull is the other way. They are gradually needing more support with various jobs they cant manage for themselves.

My parents everyday, they look after dd whilst I'm at work. Her real dad's parents, they've never bothered to come and see her in all her 2.5 years. Dp's parents, about every six weeks as they live three hours away

We live an hour away from my dp and 2h from ILs. I try to get ds to ILs once a month for 2 days but sometimes we see them more, sometimes less. My dp see ds more or less once a month for either an afternoon or overnight visit to us. We don't leave ds with either set of gps very often. I think 40mins once a week is fine. You can't force relationships so YABU to be annoyed.

Both sets of grandparents about once a fortnight, sometimes more on the paternal side. Both live the same distance away (40 min car journey).

My parents once a week or too but for long afternoon.
Dh parents 4 years ago

They see DH's parents about 4 times a year - they live about 200 miles away.
They see my parents about twice a term and then once a week during school holidays as they're only about 30 miles away.

Not everyone has grandparents close to hand and able or willing to help.

My children have never spent a night at either grandparents' houses but have never mentioned it (they're now 11 and 9). I occasionally think it would be nice to have hands on grandparents available and then think it would probably also have a flip side of the gps perhaps feeling so involved that they can give us advice / criticism etc. At least this way, we're free to please ourselves!

My mother comes about once a week. My father once or twice a month.
MIL lives overseas and can't get a visa. She has seen DS once but has never met DDs.
DH has cut contact with his father.

Mine see my Dad 3/4 times a week, I don't drive so he does a lot of ferrying around if dh isn't at home and he's here at our house often.

MiL comes here every Sunday afternoon every week.

My Mother is seen every few months.