How often do your children see their grandparents?

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Just wondering what is "normal".

Hmm, normal, yes I know there is no such thing!

one set every couple of weeks or so.

other set about twice a year.

There's definitely no such thing!
Mine see them every couple of months, I suppose - my parents are a 4 hour drive and the inlaws 6 hours. If they lived closer we would see them more often but for a shorter visit.

At least once a month. Sometimes more frequenty. Both sets of grandparents live about 40 miles away, an hour's drive.

My mum - Several times a week
My dad - On average once a fortnight

Xp's parents - Never, they are banned from any contact with them.

My parents live in Essex and I am in South Wales, we visit every six weeks or so (unless there is a birthday or special occasion) and my dp's parents live in the same village, mil sees ds every day for half an hour or so, fil only see's him when I take ds there as he doesn't come to our house often (which actually suits me tbh but that's another thread altogether!!)

One Gran once a month

One Grandpa once every 2 months

One Gran about twice a year

all live about an hours drive away

My parents are about 50 minutes away. They see dd once a week for the whole day, maybe twice a week if we go to them.

ILs are about 75 minutes away and see her once a month I would say.

My older children used to see my parents about 6 times a year and the ILs once or twice a week.

DD2 (20 mo) has seen my mum 4 or 5 times (180+ miles away) and the ILs about the same, even though they live 5-10 mins drive from us.

My parents probably once a fortnight can be more often if I can be bothered with the journey to them or if they can get here.

Dp's parents, maybe 3 times a year.

My parents once a week. DP's parents - well DD is 10 months now and they've seen her maybe 5 times?

My mum, at least once a week.

My father, every 2 weeks (he would like to come over more, but we are busy)

MIL/PIL about once a month at least, sometimes a spate of more frequent meetings.

My parents once every four to six weeks. They live 50 miles away.

DH parents we see every week and sometimes more often.

msn is a wonderful invention and my son loves to chat with my parents on it.

Both sets live 2 hours away.

They see my Mum at least once a month
My Dad not since JUly, since I am currently not speaking to him.
PILs about every couple of months.

I would love them to see all GPs at least once a week like I did as a child, but these things can't be helped

My mum 4-5 times a week.

My dad twice a week.

MIL once a fortnight.

We do live really close though. My mum is a 10 minute walk away and my dad and MIL (Live in the same district) a 10 minute drive/half an hour walk.

my parents - mum 3 times a week when she looks after them while I am at work, plus maybe another 2 times a week when we go for tea / sunday lunch.

ex-inlaws - used to be once every couple of months, has been about the same since ex left I think.

my parents - 2 times a week
my IL's - 2 times a year

DH's parents, once a month. My parents (about an hour and a half away) four times a year.

for a week about 6 times a year, and the odd weekend. we live 3.5 hours away (P and PIL live in same town) and DC spend half terms and part of other hols with their GPs - mostly at my mums but some time with PIL, and we go for the odd weekend in between, maybe 4 a year

My mum (about 2 hours away) about once a month for a day trip.

Dh's parents (8+ hours away) about twice a year, but for a week each time.

My parents live abroad so usually twice a year: Christmas holidays and the whole of the summer, we go to stay with them.

FIl is dead.

MIL lives a 5 hour train journey away from us, which is awkward, as she is 82, paralysed with bone cancer and cannot travel, and my dd is disabled with a joint disorder and also finds travelling difficult. We tend to hire a car and go down maybe 5 or 6 times a year as a family; dh goes a few extra time.

It is not about lack of interest, simply logistics.

It varies a lot.
We never go more than 6 weeks without seeing either lot...
And we can see them both twice in a week at other times ...

My parents are about 1hr 20 mins away, ILs are about 45mins away - but FIL works and MIL doesn't drive; my folks are retired.

well, my parents live about 20 miles away and the kids are lucky if they see them twice a year. (they have 'reasons' of course, but it is my experience that people generally find a way to do those things that interest them.) Still. their loss. My kids will grow up without a close relationship with them and one day they will look back and realise what they have lost. But it'll be too late.

My husband's dad died many years ago and his mum is in kenya. She had seen ds1 once, when he was a baby and she had never seen ds2 - until this week!! yup. she is over here and with us now and it is GREAT! She loves the boys, thinks they are fab and is so interested in them and wants to be with them and is actually seeking out their company, iyswim. I'm chuffed they're finally getting some love and attention from a grandparent who is interested enough in them to make some bloody effort!!!

My parents probably daily, they help us out with child care. MIL (FIL dead) probably once ever couple of months (she only lives 5 mins away, but isn't really that bothered with DS).
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My DP's parents see the DSSs every week, on Wednesdays, when they take them to their tennis lesson. They have always seen each other a lot - when the DSSs were little they spent every Saturday night at their grandparents'.

We see DP's parents as a family every 2-3 weeks and DD sees her paternal grandparents then. MOL has cancer and there is no way that we can leave DD alone with the POLs any more. But DD isn't very fond of MOL (she is fonder of FOL).

We see my parents during holidays, when we go to stay with them - several weeks a year in total. So DD in fact sees MUCH more of her maternal grandparents and knows them very well, even though her paternal GPs live 10 minutes away and her maternal GPs several hours away.