grandparents oor Afrikaans

grandparents

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Plural form of grandparent.

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grootouers

Of course, family members have a special responsibility toward their parents and grandparents.
Familielede het natuurlik ’n spesiale verantwoordelikheid teenoor hulle ouers en grootouers.

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How can we honor parents and grandparents?
Hoe kan ons ons ouers en grootouers eer?

Wells also blames an increase in one-parent families lacking grandparents, as well as the fact that few parents now read to their children.
Wells blameer ook ’n toename in enkelouergesinne sonder grootouers, asook die feit dat min ouers deesdae vir hulle kinders lees.

Are the grandparents truly appreciated?
Word die grootouers werklik waardeer?

(2 Timothy 3:1-5) Thus, rather than esteem their grandparents as a source of enrichment and stability, children and grandchildren often consider them to be a cumbersome hindrance, out of step with rapid social change.
In plaas van hulle grootouers as ’n bron van verryking en stabiliteit te ag, beskou kinders en kleinkinders hulle dus dikwels as ’n groot las, wat nie met die vinnige maatskaplike veranderings kan tred hou nie.

Loving your grandparents does not mean you must carry this responsibility single- handedly.
Die feit dat jy jou grootouers liefhet, beteken nie dat jy hierdie verantwoordelikheid alleen moet dra nie.

Depending on their age, some grandparents are quite active.
Afhangende van hulle ouderdom is party grootouers nogal heel bedrywig.

Grandparents Thank you for the article “Young People Ask . . .
Grootouers Dankie vir die artikel “Jongmense vra . . .

Being grandparents is one of life’s great joys.
Om grootouers te wees, is een van die lewe se groot vreugdes.

Thank you so much for teaching youths the importance of our grandparents.
Baie dankie dat julle jongmense leer hoe belangrik ons grootouers is.

And during the workweek 20 percent of children up to age three of working parents live away from their home, usually with grandparents.
En 20 persent van die kinders van drie jaar en jonger wie se ouers werk, woon gedurende die werkweek weg van hulle huis af, gewoonlik by grootouers.

If your grandparents are Christians, ask what attracted them to the Bible’s truths.
As jou grootouers Christene is, kan jy hulle vra wat hulle tot Bybelwaarhede aangetrokke laat voel het.

Children whose parents divorce may end up living with their grandparents.
Kinders wie se ouers skei, gaan bly dalk op die ou end by hulle grootouers.

A large proportion of adult grandchildren maintain contact with their closest grandparents on a regular basis.”
Talle volwasse kleinkinders tree gereeld in verbinding met hulle grootouers wat die naaste aan hulle is.”

With those thoughts in mind, try approaching your grandparents calmly.
Met daardie punte in gedagte kan jy probeer om jou grootouers op ’n kalm wyse te nader.

I want to thank you for the articles on grandparents in the April 22 and May 22, 2001, issues.
Ek wil vir julle dankie sê vir die artikels oor grootouers in die nommers van 22 April en 22 Mei 2001.

Though we were poor, I was able to visit Moldova, where I met Nina, whose parents and grandparents were also Witnesses.
Hoewel ons arm was, kon ek Moldowa besoek, waar ek Nina ontmoet het, wie se ouers en grootouers ook Getuies was.

“Otherwise,” he adds, “they exceed their field of action as grandparents and become grandparent- parents.”
“Anders”, voeg hy by, “oorskry hulle hulle terrein as grootouers en word hulle grootouer-ouers.”

Abigail, who was living in southern Ghana with her Presbyterian grandparents, had been taught that Jehovah’s Witnesses are false prophets.
Abigail, wat saam met haar Presbiteriaanse oupa en ouma in die suide van Ghana gewoon het, is geleer dat Jehovah se Getuies valse profete is.

She went to live with our grandparents, whereas I continued to live alone.
Sy het by ons grootouers gaan woon terwyl ek steeds alleen gewoon het.

Hornan sees his grandparents only three times a year, but he says: “I call them every Sunday.”
Hornan sien sy grootouers net drie keer per jaar, maar hy sê: “Ek bel hulle elke Sondag.”

(Proverbs 17:6) There are many ways to build and maintain a close relationship with your grandparents, whether they live near or far.
Grootouers is dikwels besonder lief vir hulle kleinkinders (Spreuke 17:6). Daar is baie maniere om ’n hegte verhouding met jou grootouers op te bou en te behou, hetsy hulle naby of ver van julle af woon.

Notice that paying due compensation to parents and grandparents is “acceptable in God’s sight.”
Let daarop dat die betaling van ’n verskuldigde vergoeding aan ouers en grootouers “aangenaam in God se oë” is.

Some assume that there must be someone to fill each role —husband, wife, son, daughter, grandparent, and so forth— for a family to be “real.”
Party neem aan dat ’n groep mense alleenlik ’n gesin is as daar iemand vir elke rol is—man, vrou, seun, dogter, grootouers, ensovoorts.

Why Did Our Grandparents Move In?
Waarom het ons grootouers by ons ingetrek?

Small gifts and small gestures on the part of grandparents produce a positive reaction.
Geskenkies en klein gebare deur die grootouers het ’n positiewe uitwerking.