The Revolt of the Grandparents

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"What we couldn't do with the children - as much work as we had - we will now do with the grandchildren", I heard on the bus. At home, I find a book that says: "Respect for grandparents is the touchstone of a town with ideals". And I have just been informed that I will soon be a grandfather, suddenly, I am invaded by a series of worries. ¿Avi? I, of course, the doubt: "Will everything be alright??» Minutes later, to the bar, a friend explains her situation to me: "I have spoken to the daughters. Dot and dash. Every week I will dedicate two days to being a grandmother: Tuesday from one granddaughter and Thursday from the other. I one cop a month, a weekend. I prou. The rest of the time I want him for myself. And you don't know how they got on…»There are a lot of myths surrounding grandparents and grandchildren: that if the wisdom of the old, the tenderness of children, the kindness of the parents… With his usual optimism, Ignasi Riera has taken an accelerated training course to be able to assume his new-grandfather status with peace of mind and gives us a lot of advice to face this tender experience with guarantees of survival. Ignasi Riera (Barcelona, 1940), writer, columnist, radio and political commentator, has cultivated all literary genres. It has been awarded with the October awards, Ramon Llull and Pere Quart of Humor and Satire. He is the author of short narrative books, of novels, of pamphlets, of non-fiction books: My uncle Pere Quart (1992), An exemplary patriot (1997), Franco's Catalans (1998), Travelers from Barcelona (2000), Jordi Pujol. Lights and shadows (2001); from the biography, Lluis Llach: comrades it's not that (2002) and Book of hours of good food (Vives i Molins essay prize on gastronomy 2003). In Editions 62 has published: outcasts, trade unionists, demagogues (1986), Dictionary of Catalan Cuisine (2002) and A Catalan in Madrid (2004).